trilix Latin · revision 9252

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Virgil|origins=la līcium}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trilīx''' (genitive trilīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Isidore has a nominative ''trilicis''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[tri-]] “three” and [[līcium]] “thread, leash of a loom”, matching [[grc|τρίμιτος|tr=trímitos|t=of three threads]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Etymonline calls ⟨līcium⟩ a word of unknown origin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Virgil, whom he dates 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant having a triple thread, triple-twilled, as of a coat of mail woven with three sets of leashes in Virgil and Martial's tunics.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for of triple thread, of chain mail of three-ply mesh, and as a noun for a hauberk.^(DMLBS) According to the OED, Vulgar Latin ⟨*trilīcius⟩, from it, gave Old French ''trelis'' and [[en|trellis]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline) Köbler traces Old English ''þrilen'' “triple-woven” and German ''Drillich'' to it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of mail.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of tunics.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''trellis'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of triple thread, triple-twilled.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' (of mail) Triple-meshed; a [[m|en|hauberk]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[līcium]]

+ * [[trēs]]

+ * [[en|trellis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}