pantex Latin · revision 9401

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpan.tɛks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpan.teks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pantex''' ''m'' (genitive panticis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is usually plural, ''pantices''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a colloquial word of uncertain formation, and the OLD and Wiktionary connect it with [[pānus]] “swelling”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Köbler links it with [[ine-pro|*pank-|t=to swell]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot and Köbler cite Plautus' ''Pseudolus''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the belly, the paunch, the guts, a coarse word found in Plautus, Martial and the Priapea.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin still had it for the belly.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''pancia'', Spanish ''panza'' and Romanian ''pântece''.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''pance'' it gave [[en|paunch]] in the late 14th century, and through Italian ''la pancia'' American slang [[en|labonza]] (1943).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # (usually plural) The belly, [[m|en|paunch]], guts.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[venter]]

+ * [[en|paunch]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}