delino Latin · revision 9198

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la linō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdeː.lɪ.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɛː.li.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēlinō''' (present infinitive dēlinere, perfect active dēlīvī, supine dēlitum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dē-]] and [[linō]] “to smear”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of obliterating by smudging.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to smear, daub, anoint, as in Celsus: “the patient must be smeared with gypsum or litharge”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Varro ''dēlitus'' was said of pigs daubed with the owner's mark, and in Cicero it meant to obliterate by smudging, as a by-form of [[dēleō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short call it very rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses ''dēlitus'' of marked pigs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of obliterating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of smearing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|smear]], daub, anoint.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To obliterate by smudging.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēlitor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēleō]]

+ * [[linō]]

+ * [[en|delete]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}