cophinus Latin · revision 7633

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Laberius|origins=grc κόφινος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɔ.pʰɪ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔː.fi.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cophinus''' ''m'' (genitive cophinī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|κόφινος|tr=kóphinos|t=basket]], whose further origin Köbler calls unclear.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline) Isidore describes it as a vessel of twigs for clearing dung and carrying earth.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Laberius, whom he dates 106–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a large basket, a hamper, as in Columella and Juvenal.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a basket.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a box, chest or trunk.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''cofano'' and Spanish ''cuévano'', and Old French ''cofin'' gave [[en|coffin]] in the early 14th century, first “a chest for valuables”, while Old French ''cofre'' gave [[en|coffer]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 106–43 BC – Laberius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of a basket.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-13th century – English ''coffer'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A large basket, [[m|en|hamper]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A chest, [[m|en|coffer]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|coffin]]

+ * [[en|coffer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}