bracchiatus Latin · revision 9872

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Columella|origins=grc βραχίων}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [brak.kʰiˈaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [brak.kiˈaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''bracchiātus''' (feminine bracchiāta, neuter bracchiātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''brāchiātus''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|bracchium|-ātus|t1=arm]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨bracchium⟩ is from [[grc|βραχίων|tr=brakhíōn|t=arm]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Columella, of vines with branches like arms.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Columella to the 1st century AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Very rare, it meant of trees and vines having branches like arms, branched, as in Columella and Pliny; an inscription uses it of cavalrymen wearing bracelets as decorations.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of vines.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(of trees)'' [[m|en|branched|alt=Branched]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(military)'' Wearing [[m|en|bracelet|alt=bracelets]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bracchium]]

+ * [[bracchiāle]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}