restis Latin · revision 5914

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''restis''' ''f'' (genitive restis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*reskti-|t=rope]], [[inh|ine-pro|*Hresg-ti-|t=rope, cord]], from the root [[ine-pro|*Hresg-|t=to plait, bind]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Cognate with [[sa|रज्जु|tr=rájju|t=rope]], [[lt|rezgù|t=I braid]] and [[olt|rekstis|t=basket]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, whose character threatens a beating with ropes.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a rope or cord, as Plautus' rope of a ship driven onto the rocks, and in the plural the fibrous tops of garlic or onions twisted into strings.^(OLD 2012) Terence's ''restim ductāre'', to lead the rope, meant to lead a dance.^(Gaffiot 2016) The accusative was ''restim'' or ''restem''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein distinguishes [[fūnis]], a thicker rope for drawing, from ''restis'', and both from [[laqueus]], the noose.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ Its descendants include [[it|resta]] and [[es|ristra]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus threatens a beating with ropes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence speaks of leading the dance by the rope.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|rope]], [[m|en|cord]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(plural)'' The fibrous tops of garlic or onions twisted into strings.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[restiārius]]

+ * [[resticula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fūnis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}