lino Latin · revision 5824

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *h₂leyH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈlɪ.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈliː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''linō''' (present infinitive linere, perfect active lēvī, supine litum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*lina-|t=to smear]], a nasal present of [[ine-pro|*h₂leyH-|t=to smear]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[cy|llynu|t=to besmear]], [[sga|lenaid|t=sticks, follows]], [[hit|𒄩𒇷𒈾|tr=ḫalīna-|t=clay]] and [[grc|ἀλίνω|tr=alínō|t=to smear]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The perfect [[m|la|lēvī]] is not fully explained.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato, and a building contract of 105 BC requires walls to be plastered with sand lime.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to smear, coat or plaster with something, as wine jars sealed with pitch, and to smear on a substance, as Ovid's cosmetics.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) By transfer it was to overlay or cover, as Virgil's bees whose bodies are covered with spots and Ovid's roofs covered with gold.^(OLD 2012) It could also mean to rub out writing on a wax tablet, and Horace speaks of writings fit to be smeared with cedar oil, that is, preserved.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Its noun ''litūra'' meant an erasure or blot.^(Gaffiot 2016) A fourth-conjugation form ''liniō'' is also found, and ''linīmentum'' gave [[en|liniment]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 105 BC – A building contract requires walls plastered with lime.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace speaks of writings smeared with cedar oil.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid speaks of roofs covered with gold.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|smear]], coat, [[m|en|plaster]] (with).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To smear on, apply (a substance).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To overlay, cover.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To rub out, erase (writing).^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[allinō]]

+ * [[circumlinō]]

+ * [[collinō]]

+ * [[dēlinō]]

+ * [[ēlinō]]

+ * [[illinō]]

+ * [[interlinō]]

+ * [[linteō]]

+ * [[līs]]

+ * [[litūra]]

+ * [[lītus]]

+ * [[oblinō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|liniment]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}