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canaliculatus Latin · revision 9704

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=grc κάννα}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ka.naː.lɪ.kʊˈɫaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.na.li.kuˈlaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''canāliculātus''' (feminine canāliculāta, neuter canāliculātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|canāliculus|-ātus|t1=small channel]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) ⟨canāliculus⟩ is a diminutive of [[m|la|canālis|t=channel, pipe]].^(Wiktionary) ⟨canālis⟩ is from ⟨*cannālis⟩, from [[m|la|canna|t=reed, cane]], a borrowing of [[grc|κάννα|tr=kánna|t=reed]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its source is Pliny the Elder's ''Natural History''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Pliny 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant channelled, grooved, fluted, like a channel or pipe, as of plants in Pliny.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) It survives as Italian ''canalicolato''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Channelled, [[m|en|grooved]], fluted.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[canāliculus]]
+ * [[canālis]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}