consobrinus Latin · revision 7539

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la soror}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõː.sɔˈbriː.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kon.soˈbriː.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsobrīnus''' ''m'' (genitive cōnsobrīnī, feminine cōnsobrīna); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] “together” and [[sobrīnus]] “second cousin”, which is from [[soror]] “sister”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline) Donatus explains it as if ⟨consororīnus⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Terence, whom he dates 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It properly meant the son of one's mother's sister, as in Cicero, and generally a first cousin, the child of a brother or sister, as Gaius and Paulus define it in the Digest.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Suetonius it meant a cousin in general.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a cousin.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a cousin on the father's side and for a nephew, a sister's son.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''consobrino'', and Old French ''cosin'' gave [[en|cousin]] in the early 13th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a cousin on the mother's side.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 533 AD – The Digest defines it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 13th century – English ''cousin'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The son of one's mother's sister; a first [[m|en|cousin]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A nephew.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnsobrīna]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sobrīna]]

+ * [[sobrīnus]]

+ * [[soror]]

+ * [[en|cousin]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}