caballinus Latin · revision 9870

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=la caballus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ka.balˈliː.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.balˈliː.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''caballīnus''' (feminine caballīna, neuter caballīnum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|caballus|-īnus|t1=horse, nag]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The origin of ⟨caballus⟩ is uncertain; it is often said to be from Gaulish, perhaps ultimately an Asian borrowing or wandering word, and de Vaan reports Beekes' comparison with Turkish ⟨käväl⟩ and Persian ⟨kaval⟩.^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan, citing Pliny the Elder, of horse meat and horses' teeth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Pliny 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of a horse, horse-, as in Pliny, and Persius' ''fōns caballīnus'' is the Hippocrene.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) ''ungula caballīna'' “horse's hoof” was coltsfoot.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for drawn or carried by a horse.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for of or for a horse, in plant names, and of bread carried by horse.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 34–62 AD – Persius has ''fōns caballīnus''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a [[m|en|horse]], horse-.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Drawn or carried by a horse.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[caballus]]

+ * [[equīnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}