manualis Latin · revision 9409

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Sisenna|origins=la manus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ma.nuˈaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ma.nuˈaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''manuālis''' (neuter manuāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[manus]] “hand” with the suffix [[-ālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is the historian Sisenna, whom he dates 120–67 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant held in the hand, of a size to fill the hand, a handful, as of stones to throw.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was used of tame animals and of servants for everyday tasks.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of offerings and money given by hand and of a handbook or small psalter, as in Alcuin's “handbook” of 802.^(DMLBS) In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant manual.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|manual]] “done by hand” is recorded about 1400.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 120–67 BC – Sisenna uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 802 – Alcuin sends a ''manuālis libellus'', a handbook.^(DMLBS)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''manual'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Held in the hand; filling the hand, a handful.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of a book: small, [[m|en|handbook|alt=hand-]]; given by hand.^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' (of animals) Tame, (of persons) doing everyday service.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[manuārius]]

+ * [[manus]]

+ * [[en|manual]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}