sciurus Latin · revision 7681

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=grc σκιά, grc οὐρά}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [skiˈuː.rʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ʃiˈuː.rus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sciūrus''' ''m'' (genitive sciūrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|σκίουρος|tr=skíouros|t=squirrel]], from [[m|grc|σκιά|tr=skiá|t=shadow]] and [[m|grc|οὐρά|tr=ourá|t=tail]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Pliny the Elder, whom he dates 23/24–79 AD, and Pliny uses it of the squirrel.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a squirrel, as in Pliny the Elder and Martial.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for the squirrel, as in Tatwine's riddle.^(DMLBS) A Vulgar Latin diminutive ''*scūriolus'' gave Old French ''escurueil'', French ''écureuil'' and [[en|squirrel]] in the early 14th century, and Italian has ''scoiattolo''.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of the squirrel.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''squirrel'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

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

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|squirrel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}