nubigena Latin · revision 9746

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Virgil|origins=la nūbēs, la gignō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [nuːˈbɪ.ɡɛ.na]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [nuˈbiː.d͡ʒe.na]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nūbigena''' (genitive nūbigenae); first-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[nūbēs]] “cloud” and the root of [[gignō]] “to beget”, ⟨-gena⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨nūbēs⟩ to [[itc-pro|*(s)nouþ-(i-)]], from [[ine-pro|*(s)ne/oudʰ-]], with [[cy|nudd]] as its only direct cognate.^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨gignō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*ǵi-ǵnh₁-e/o-|t=to engender]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Virgil, of the cloud-born Centaurs.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Poetic, it meant born of a cloud, especially of the Centaurs, sons of Ixion and a cloud, as in Virgil and Ovid; and coming from the clouds, as of rivers in Statius and of the shields that fell from heaven.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it as a noun for a Centaur, as in Aldhelm.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of the Centaurs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it of rivers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Born of a cloud, ''(as noun)'' a [[m|en|centaur|alt=Centaur]].^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

+ # Coming from the clouds.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nūbēs]]

+ * [[nūbifer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}