angusticlavius Latin · revision 9891

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Suetonius|origins=la angustus, la clāvus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aŋ.ɡʊs.tɪˈkɫaː.wi.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aŋ.ɡus.tiˈklaː.vi.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''angusticlāvius''' (feminine angusticlāvia, neuter angusticlāvium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[angustus]] “narrow” and [[clāvus]] “stripe on a tunic”, with the suffix ⟨-ius⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨angustus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*angosto-]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂emǵʰ-os-to-|t=characterised by narrowness]], from the root of [[angō]] “to tighten”.^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨clāvus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*klāwo-|t=closing, barring]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its source is Suetonius' life of Otho, of a tribune.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Suetonius c. 75–c. 150 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant having or wearing a narrow purple stripe, the sign of equestrian rank, as of a military tribune of plebeian or equestrian rank.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) French ''angusticlave'' is a learned borrowing.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Wearing a narrow purple stripe (of [[m|en|equestrian]] rank).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lāticlāvius]]

+ * [[clāvus]]

+ * [[angustus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}