sceletus Latin · revision 9386

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Apuleius|origins=grc σκελετός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈskɛ.ɫɛ.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈʃɛː.le.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sceletus''' ''m'' (genitive sceletī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|σκελετός|tr=skeletós|t=dried up; a mummy]], from [[m|grc|σκέλλω|tr=skéllō|t=to dry up]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite only Apuleius' ''Apology''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Apuleius c. 125–175 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Apuleius it was a skeleton, or a dried body, a mummy, described as the gutted shape of a dreadful corpse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Modern Latin ''sceleton'', from the Greek, gave [[en|skeleton]] in the 1570s.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''scheletro'' and French ''squelette''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1570s – English ''skeleton'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|skeleton]]; a dried body, [[m|en|mummy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|skeleton]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}