pumilus Latin · revision 6030

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpuː.mɪ.ɫʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpuː.mi.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pūmilus''' ''m'' (genitive pūmilī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Ernout and Meillet took [[pūmiliō]] “dwarf” as the primary form and ''pūmilus'' as formed from it.^(de Vaan 2008) ''Pūmiliō'' has been derived from the Greek name [[grc|Πυγμαλίων|tr=Pugmalíōn]], or from [[grc|πυγμή|tr=pugmḗ|t=fist]], as with [[grc|πυγμαῖος|tr=pugmaîos|t=dwarfish, pygmy]], “one only as big as a fist”, but Walde and Hofmann doubted a change of /ugm/ to /ūm/.^(de Vaan 2008) Adams connected it with [[pūbēs]] “body hair”, as “little hairy one”, and Wiktionary with the root *peh₂w- of [[puer]] “boy”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Martial, and Suetonius uses it of dwarfs that Augustus disliked.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Suetonius c. 75–c. 150 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of short stature, dwarfish, diminutive, and as a noun a dwarf.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Apuleius has a comparative, ''puerō pūmilior'', smaller than a boy, and Statius scans it with a short /u/.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of dwarfs.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius has the comparative ''pūmilior''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of short stature, [[m|en|dwarfish]], diminutive.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|dwarf]].^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pūbēs]]

+ * [[pūmiliō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}