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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la līnum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈliː.ne.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈliː.ne.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''līneus''' (feminine līnea, neuter līneum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[līnum]] “flax” with the suffix [[-eus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cato, whom he dates 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant made of flax or linen, and Virgil has ''līnea vincula'' “linen cords” and ''līnea terga'', the linen lining of a shield.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it of fishing lines, linen cloth, garments and linen-lined armour.^(DMLBS) The TLL notes that its neuter survives in Old French ''linge'' “linen”, and its feminine ''līnea'' “linen thread” became the word for a line, the source of [[en|line]].^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of flax, [[m|en|linen]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[līnea]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[līnum]]

+ * [[en|line]]

+ * [[en|linen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}