dualis Latin · revision 9189

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Quintilian|origins=la duo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [duˈaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [duˈaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''duālis''' (neuter duāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[duo]] “two” with the suffix [[-ālis]], and the TLL compares Greek ⟨δυϊκός⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Quintilian, whom he dates c. 35–95/96 AD, and Quintilian uses it of the dual in grammar.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a grammatical term, relating to two, the dual number, as in Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lactantius has ''duālis numerus'' for the number two.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for relating to two, the dual in grammar, the middle incisors, and as a noun a large dish.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|dual]] about 1600, first in grammar.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of the dual.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * c. 250–317 AD – Lactantius uses it of the number two.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''dual'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of two, ''(grammar)'' [[m|en|dual]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[duālitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[duo]]

+ * [[en|dual]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}