acia Latin · revision 6714

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Titinius|origins=la acus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''acia''' ''f'' (genitive aciae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is generally derived from [[acus]] “needle”, though de Vaan notes the sense is not obvious, since a thread is not sharp, and one would expect *aku-jā-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Wiktionary traces it to [[ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-|t=sharp]], the root of [[aciēs]] and [[acuō]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Titinius, quoted by Nonius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Titinius to the end of the 2nd or beginning of the 1st century BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a thread or yarn for sewing, as in Celsus' stitching of wounds.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) The phrase ''ab aciā et acū'' “from thread and needle” meant in great detail, as in Petronius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ It survives in Romanian ''ață'' and Italian ''accia'' “thread”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * end of 2nd century BC – Titinius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of a surgical thread.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius has ''ab aciā et acū''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|thread]], yarn.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[acus]]

+ * [[aciēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}