lenimentum Latin · revision 9760

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Valerius Maximus|origins=ine-pro *leh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɫeː.niːˈmɛn.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [le.niˈmɛn.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lēnīmentum''' ''n'' (genitive lēnīmentī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lēniō|-mentum|t1=to soothe]], from [[m|la|lēnis|t=soft, gentle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨lēnis⟩ to [[itc-pro|*lēni-]], from [[ine-pro|*leh₁-n(o/i)-|t=lazy, slow]], keeping the connection with Balto-Slavic ⟨*lēnos⟩ “lazy”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Valerius Maximus, of the 1st century AD.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citations are from Pliny and Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Post-Augustan, it meant in medicine a softening or soothing remedy, as in Pliny, and an alleviation, solace, as in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for an agent that softens or smooths, as a file in a gloss.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''lenimento''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – Valerius Maximus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it in medicine.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of solace.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(medicine)'' A softening or soothing remedy.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An [[m|en|alleviation]], solace.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[allenimentum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lēnē]]

+ * [[lēnīmen]]

+ * [[lēniō]]

+ * [[lēnis]]

+ * [[lēnitās]]

+ * [[lēniter]]

+ * [[lēnitūdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}