colum Latin · revision 5976

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|attested=Cato}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkoː.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔː.lum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōlum''' ''n'' (genitive cōlī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Since the oldest sieves were wicker baskets, it has been taken as the same word as [[caulae]] “railing, lattice”, with a rustic /ō/ for /au/, but de Vaan finds it strange that ⟨au⟩ never appears in it.^(de Vaan 2008) He prefers to explain it together with [[quālus]] “wicker basket”, which means much the same thing.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The TLL thinks a link with the basket word not easy, and Wiktionary compares [[sa|चालन|tr=cālana|t=sieve]].^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a strainer, filter or sieve, as in Cato's list of equipment and in Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) The ''cōlum nivārium'' was a strainer filled with snow through which wine was poured to cool it.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato lists strainers in his equipment.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil mentions wicker strainers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|strainer]], [[m|en|sieve]], filter.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[colō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[caulae]]

+ * [[quālus]]

+ * [[en|colander]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ It is distinct from ''cōlum'', ''cōlon'' “the colon, large intestine”, a borrowing of [[grc|κῶλον|tr=kôlon]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}