tonsa Latin · revision 6205

+ {{infobox|confidence=unknown|attested=Ennius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtõː.sa], [ˈtõː.saː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɔn.sa], [ˈtɔn.sa]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tōnsa''' ''f'' (genitive tōnsae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It has no good etymology.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) Walde and Hofmann and Pokorny derived it from [[tondeō]] “to shear”, which de Vaan finds semantically senseless, and Lewis and Short suggested [[tundō]] “to beat”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Ennius, quoted by Festus, who speaks of holding an oar on the great sea.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant an oar, a poetic word used mostly in the plural, as in Lucretius and Virgil, and in the singular in Valerius Flaccus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Ennius also has ''tōnsilla'' “mooring-stake”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it in the plural.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|oar]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rēmus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}