attractus Latin · revision 9879

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Seneca|origins=itc-pro *traxe/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''attractus''' ''m'' (genitive attractūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the perfect participle of [[attrahō]] “to draw towards”, from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|trahō|t=to drag]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨trahō⟩ as [[itc-pro|*traxe/o-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Seneca, ''attractīs superciliīs'' “with knitted brows”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it meant, of the brows, drawn together, knit, contracted.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Medieval Latin it meant bent, curved.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of the brows.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(of the brows)'' Drawn together, knit.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Bent, curved.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[attrahō]]

+ * [[trahō]]

+ * [[attractiō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A fourth-declension noun ''attractus'' meant a drawing to, attraction, in Dictys; in Medieval Latin an acquisition, appropriation, the right to have retainers, and in British records from 1171 the haulage of building materials.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==References==

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