canaliculus Latin · revision 9461

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=grc κάννα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ka.naːˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.naˈliː.ku.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''canāliculus''' ''m'' (genitive canāliculī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ A feminine ''canālicula'' is found before and after the classical period.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[canālis]] “channel, pipe” with the suffix [[-culus]]; ⟨canālis⟩ is from [[canna]] “reed”, from [[grc|κάννα|tr=kánna|t=reed]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of a small channel.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a small channel or duct, as in Varro and Vitruvius; a feeding trough, as in Columella; and in Celsus a guttered splint.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ English borrowed it as [[m|en|canaliculus]], and Italian has ''canalicolo''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of a splint.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[m|en|channel]], [[m|en|duct]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A feeding trough.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A guttered [[m|en|splint]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[canāliculātim]]

+ * [[canāliculātus]]

+ * [[sēmicanāliculus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[canālicius]]

+ * [[canālicula]]

+ * [[canāliēnsis]]

+ * [[canālis]]

+ * [[canna]]

+ * [[cannētum]]

+ * [[canneus]]

+ * [[cannula]]

+ * [[en|canaliculus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}