munia Latin · revision 9752

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *mey-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmuː.ni.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmuː.ni.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mūnia''' ''n pl'' (genitive mūnium or mūniōrum); variously declined, third declension, second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ An archaic form is ''moenia'', and Festus, in Paul's epitome, says ''moenia'' means duties as well as walls.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[itc-pro|*moinis]], [[inh|ine-pro|*moy-nós]], from [[m|ine-pro|*mey-|t=to exchange]]; [[mūnus]] “service” is from the same source.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) The OLD compares [[commūnis]], [[immūnis]], [[sa|मयते|tr=máyate|t=exchanges]] and English ⟨mean⟩, and the TLL [[osc|muiniku|t=common]] and [[xum|muneklu|t=gift]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Naevius, and the OLD cites Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A plural noun, it meant duties, functions, official or private charges, as in Cicero, Livy and Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant gifts, services, duties, functions.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for ''moenia'', and British Medieval Latin for duties, services, political, military or religious.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of duties.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Duties, functions, official [[m|en|charge|alt=charges]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[mūnifex]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mūnus]]

+ * [[commūnis]]

+ * [[immūnis]]

+ * [[moenia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}