vasculum Latin · revision 9140

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la vās}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwaːs.kʊ.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvas.ku.lum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vāsculum''' ''n'' (genitive vāsculī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[vās]] “vessel” with the suffix [[-culum]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a small vessel.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a small vessel or container, as in Cato, Plautus, Quintilian and Juvenal, and in Palladius a small beehive, ''vāsculum apium'' was a hive.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) In Petronius it meant a piece of equipment, applied figuratively to the penis.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a coffin and a measuring barrel.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for a small container, a measure of corn, and figuratively of the human body.^(DMLBS) Late Latin ''vāscellum'', an alteration of it, gave Old French ''vessel'' and [[en|vessel]] about 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''vessel'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[m|en|vessel]], container.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A beehive.^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # A piece of equipment.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A coffin.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vāsculārius]]

+ * [[vāscellum]]

+ * [[vāsculāris]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vās]]

+ * [[vāsārium]]

+ * [[vāsātus]]

+ * [[en|vessel]]

+ * [[en|vascular]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}