qualus Latin · revision 6719

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quālus''' ''m'' (genitive quālī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008) It has often been compared with [[cu|кошь|tr=košĭ|t=wicker basket]], from *kwos-i̯o-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan, following Leumann, prefers an instrument noun *kwat-slo- “sieve”, from the root of [[quatiō]] “to shake”, and links [[cōlum]] “strainer” as a parallel formation; but he warns that the whole account depends on that connection.^(de Vaan 2008) The diminutive is [[quasillum]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, and Cato has the neuter plural ''quāla''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a wicker basket used in farming and the household, as Virgil's basket for straining wine and Horace's wool basket.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The neuter ''quālum'' is also used, as in Cato and Columella.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012) In Medieval Latin it is found in glosses as a basket, especially for gathering grapes.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses both genders.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A wicker [[m|en|basket]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōlum]]

+ * [[quatiō]]

+ * [[quasillum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}