mane Latin · revision 8300

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la mānus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmaː.nɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmaː.ne]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''māne''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus and Lucilius have an ablative ''mānī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is related to ⟨mānus⟩ “good”, an old word that survives in [[immānis]] and ⟨Mānēs⟩, so originally “at the good time”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary relates it to [[mātūrus]] “ripe, early”, the source of English ⟨mature⟩.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, “in the morning”, and Plautus has ''ā mānī ad vesperum'' “from morning to evening”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adverb it meant early in the day, in the morning, and on the next morning; as an indeclinable noun it meant the morning, all in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) ''Māne prīmō'' and ''māne summō'' meant very early.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ It survives in Italian ''mane'' and Romanian ''mâine'' “tomorrow”, and Old French ''main'' “morning”.^(Wiktionary) Its derivative ''mātūtīnus'' lies behind [[en|matins]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In the [[m|en|morning]], early.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Next morning.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The morning.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[demane]]

+ * [[mānicō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mātūrus]]

+ * [[mātūtīnus]]

+ * [[immānis]]

+ * [[en|matins]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}