ocris Latin · revision 9743

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *h₂eḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɔ.krɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔː.kris]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ocris''' ''m'' (genitive ocris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*okri-|t=hilltop]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂oḱ-r-i-|t=sharp edge]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Italic cognates include [[xum|ocar|t=hill, citadel]] and Marrucinian ⟨ocres⟩; further cognates are [[grc|ὄκρις|tr=ókris|t=jagged point]], [[goh|ecka|t=edge]] and [[sa|अश्रि|tr=áśri|t=corner, edge]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Livius Andronicus 280/260–before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a rugged, stony mountain, and Lewis & Short call it ante-classical, citing Festus, who says the ancients called a mountain ''ocris''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan notes that it is found only a few times as an independent word, apparently ousted by [[collis]], but survives in [[mediocris]], originally “situated at the middle, halfway to the top”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A rugged, stony [[m|en|mountain]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mediocris]]

+ * [[ācer]]

+ * [[aciēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}