nominalis Latin · revision 9234

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la nōmen}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [no.miˈnaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nōminālis''' (neuter nōmināle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[nōmen]] “name” with the suffix [[-ālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Varro, whom he dates 116–27 BC, and Varro has ''nōminālis gentīlitās'', kinship of names.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of a name or of nouns.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note it is ante- and post-classical, and Tertullian has the ''Nōminālia'', the day on which a child was named.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it of nouns in grammar, as in Roger Bacon.^(DMLBS) Medieval philosophers called the followers of nominalism ''nōminālēs''.^(Köbler 2010) It gave [[en|nominal]] in the mid-15th century, “pertaining to nouns”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''nominal'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a name; of nouns, [[m|en|nominal]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nōmen]]

+ * [[nōminō]]

+ * [[en|nominal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}