canalicula Latin · revision 9815

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucilius|origins=grc κάννα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ka.naːˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.naˈliː.ku.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''canālicula''' ''f'' (genitive canāliculae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[canālis]] “channel, pipe”, a variant of [[canāliculus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Wiktionary) ⟨canālis⟩ is from ⟨*cannālis⟩, from [[m|la|canna|t=reed, cane]], a borrowing of [[grc|κάννα|tr=kánna|t=reed]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Lucilius.^(Köbler 2010) Gaffiot cites Varro's ''Rēs rūsticae''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a small channel or conduit.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It survives in Portuguese ''quelha''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[m|en|channel]], conduit.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[canālicius]]

+ * [[canāliculātus]]

+ * [[canāliculus]]

+ * [[canāliēnsis]]

+ * [[canālis]]

+ * [[canna]]

+ * [[cannētum]]

+ * [[canneus]]

+ * [[cannula]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}