linearis Latin · revision 8491

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=la līnea}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [liː.neˈaː.rɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [li.neˈaː.ris]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''līneāris''' (neuter līneāre, adverb līneāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''līniāris''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[līnea]] “line” with the suffix [[-āris]], dissimilated from ⟨-ālis⟩, so that it is a doublet of [[līneālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Pliny the Elder, of drawings made of lines.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Quintilian; he dates Pliny 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Pliny the Elder it meant consisting of lines, of drawings, and in Quintilian concerned with lines, as a term of geometry.^(OLD 2012) It was also used of a course following a straight line, and in surveying.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for made of flax or linen, as cords bought for a ship.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''lineare'' and French ''linéaire'', and through French it gave [[en|linear]] in the 1640s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of drawings.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it in geometry.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1640s – English ''linear'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Consisting of lines.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(geometry)'' [[m|en|Linear]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Following a straight line.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Made of [[m|en|flax]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[līnea]]

+ * [[en|linear]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}