haedus Latin · revision 5843

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈhae̯.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.dus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''haedus''' ''m'' (genitive haedī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*χaido-]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Its only sure cognate is Germanic, [[got|𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃|tr=gaits]], [[goh|geiz]] and [[en|goat]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Since the word is so restricted and cannot be derived from a known root, de Vaan takes it as a borrowing of a word *gʰaid- “goat”.^(de Vaan 2008) Varro gives the dialect forms [[m|la|ēdus]] and Sabine [[m|sbv|fēdus]], like [[m|sbv|fircus]] for [[hircus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a young goat, a kid, and collectively kid's meat, as Cicero's farm that abounds in kid.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The plural ''Haedī'' were two stars in Auriga, the Kids, whose rising brought rain, as Virgil's ''pluviālēs haedī''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Christian Latin the goats on the left hand at the Last Judgement were ''haedī''.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero names the Kids among the stars.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil speaks of the rainy Kids.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A young goat, [[m|en|kid]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(astronomy)'' (plural) The Kids, two stars in Auriga.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[haedilia]]

+ * [[haedilla]]

+ * [[haedillus]]

+ * [[haedīnus]]

+ * [[haedulus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hircus]]

+ * [[caper]]

+ * [[en|goat]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}