morum Latin · revision 9404

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=borrowing|attested=Varro|origins=grc μόρον}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmoː.rũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɔː.rum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mōrum''' ''n'' (genitive mōrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably [[bor|grc|μόρον|tr=móron|t=black mulberry, blackberry]], though its long ⟨ō⟩ is unexpected.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) The OLD compares Greek ⟨móron⟩ and [[xcl|մոր|tr=mor|t=blackberry]], and the Thesaurus suggests that Greeks, Latins and Armenians may all have taken the word from another language.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Etymonline traces it to [[ine-pro|*moro-|t=blackberry, mulberry]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Varro, whom he dates 116–27 BC, and the OLD's first citation for the blackberry is from Varro.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the fruit of the black mulberry, as in Horace's ''nigra mōra'', and a blackberry or similar hedge fruit, as in Varro and Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it also for an ulcer resembling a mulberry.^(DMLBS) It is continued in Proto-Romance, with French ''mûre'', Italian ''mora'' and Spanish ''mora''.^(DÉRom)^(Wiktionary) Old High German ''mūrberi'' and [[en|mulberry]] (about 1300) are formed from it with “berry”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the blackberry.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of the mulberry.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''mulberry'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|mulberry]], the fruit of the black mulberry.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|blackberry]] or similar fruit.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mōrus]]

+ * [[en|mulberry]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}