tentipellium Latin · revision 9724

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Afranius|origins=la tendō, la pellis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [tɛn.tɪˈpɛl.li.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ten.tiˈpɛl.li.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tentipellium''' ''n'' (genitive tentipelliī or tentipellī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[tendō]] “to stretch” and [[pellis]] “skin, hide”, with the suffix [[-ium]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨pellis⟩ to [[itc-pro|*pelni-]], from [[ine-pro|*pel-ni-|t=skin, hide]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is known from Festus, who quotes Afranius and Titinius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Afranius to the second half of the 2nd century BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ According to Festus, Artorius took it as an iron-shod shoe-last by which leather is stretched, the sense in Afranius, and the OLD calls it apparently a device for stretching skins or leather.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Verrius took it in Titinius as a remedy that smooths out wrinkles, though Festus says Titinius used it figuratively.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd century BC – Afranius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A device for stretching leather, a [[m|en|last]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # A remedy against [[m|en|wrinkle|alt=wrinkles]].^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tendō]]

+ * [[pellis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}