natrix Latin · revision 6036

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *(s)neh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈna.triːks], [ˈna.trɪks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnaː.triks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''natrī̆x''' ''f'' or m (genitive natrī̆cis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*(s)natriks]], [[inh|ine-pro|*(s)nh₁-tr-ih₂-|t=one who spins round; snake]], from the root [[ine-pro|*(s)neh₁-|t=to spin]] of [[neō]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sga|nathir|t=snake]], [[cy|neidr|t=snake]], [[got|𐌽𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴|tr=nadre|t=of adders]], [[de|Natter]] and [[en|adder]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucilius, who uses it of the penis.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a water snake, as Cicero asks why god made such a multitude of water snakes and vipers, and Lucan's ''natrix violātor aquae'', the snake that fouls water.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucilius uses it obscenely of the penis, and Suetonius of a dangerous person.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Pliny the Elder names a plant ''natrix'' whose root smells of a goat.^(OLD 2012) Isidore of Seville says it poisons any spring it lives in.^(Isidore)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was a snake or water snake, a blindworm, and the serpent, Satan.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of water snakes and vipers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder names a plant ''natrix''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A water [[m|en|snake]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # The [[m|en|penis]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # (figurative) A dangerous person.^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # An unidentified plant.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[neō]]

+ * [[en|adder]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}