ravus Latin · revision 6109

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈraː.wʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈraː.vus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rāvus''' (feminine rāva, neuter rāvum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is related to [[non|grár|t=grey]], [[ang|grǣg|t=grey]], [[goh|grāo|t=grey]] and [[en|gray]], from *ǵʰreh₁-wo-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan assumes that *ǵʰr- became Latin /gr/, preserved in the variant [[m|la|grāvāstellus|t=old man]], so that ''rāvus'' would be a loanword from Sabellic, though the Sabellic outcome is also uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary takes it as a loanword through South Picene or Sabellic.^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short connected it with [[grc|γέρων|tr=gérōn|t=old man]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Varro.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of a dark colour between grey and yellow, tawny, grey, as in Cicero and Horace's tawny she-wolf.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(DMLBS)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was a tawny colour, and Horace's ''rāva lupa'' was understood as a werewolf.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of a tawny wolf.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Tawny]], [[m|en|grey]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|gray]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ It is distinct from ''ravus'' “hoarse”, known from Festus and Sidonius, a cognate of [[raucus]] and [[sa|रौति|tr=rauti|t=roars]] from *h₃rowH-ó- “roaring”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}