glomus Latin · revision 7702

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|attested=Varro}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''glomus''' ''n'' (genitive glomeris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is related to [[globus]] “ball”.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Wiktionary suggests [[ine-pro|*gel-|t=to form into a ball]], with unclear morphology, and Köbler [[ine-pro|*glem-|t=lump]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The OLD compares [[sga|glomar|t=bridle]] and [[ang|clam|t=bond]].^(OLD 2012) Lucretius has ⟨glōmus⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of a ball-shaped mass.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a ball-shaped mass, especially a ball of yarn or thread, as in Lucretius, Horace and Pliny the Elder, a word Lewis and Short call very rare.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Festus says it was also a sacred cake.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a round mass and a ball of thread, with Late Latin forms ''glomus, -ī'' and Medieval Latin ''glomer''.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''ghiomo'' and ''gomitolo''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a ball-shaped mass.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of a ball of wool.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of a ball of yarn.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A ball; a ball of [[m|en|yarn]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A sacred cake.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[glomerarius]]

+ * [[glomerō]]

+ * [[glomerōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[globus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}