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+ {{homograph|1|of air}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Varro|origins=grc ἀήρ}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [aːˈɛ.rɪ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈɛː.ri.nus]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''āerinus''' (feminine āerina, neuter āerinum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The adjective “of air” is [[bor|grc|ἀέρινος|tr=aérinos|t=of air]], from [[m|grc|ἀήρ|tr=aḗr|t=air]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its earliest source is Varro's ''Menippean Satires''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant of air, aerial, made of air, as in Varro, and in Tertullian sky-coloured.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of colour.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of [[m|en|air]], aerial.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # Sky-coloured.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ {{homograph|2|of darnel}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=grc αἶρα}}
+
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈae̯.rɪ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.ri.nus]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''aerinus''' (feminine aerina, neuter aerinum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The adjective “of darnel” is [[bor|grc|αἴρινος|tr=aírinos|t=of darnel]], from [[m|grc|αἶρα|tr=aîra|t=darnel]], and Lewis & Short and Gaffiot derive it from Latin [[aera]] “darnel”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its source is Pliny the Elder's ''Natural History''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Pliny 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant connected with or made from darnel or cockle, as of a meal in Pliny.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of or made from [[m|en|darnel]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[āēr]]
+ * [[aera]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}