lenimen Latin · revision 9761

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɫeːˈniː.mɛn]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [leˈniː.men]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lēnīmen''' ''n'' (genitive lēnīminis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lēniō|-men|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==

+ Its earliest source is Horace, who calls the lyre ''dulce lēnīmen'' “sweet solace” of his labours.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Horace 65–8 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Poetic, it meant something that soothes, an alleviation, mitigation, solace, as in Horace and Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In British Medieval Latin it was a medical softening or soothing agent, as in Alexander Neckam.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

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

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, medicine)'' A soothing agent.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lēnē]]

+ * [[lēnīmentum]]

+ * [[lēniō]]

+ * [[lēnis]]

+ * [[lēnitās]]

+ * [[lēniter]]

+ * [[lēnitūdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}