angiportum Latin · revision 9892

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la angustus, la portus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''angiportum''' ''n'' (genitive angiportī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also masculine ''angiportus'', ''-ūs'', which Gaffiot calls the better form.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[angustus]] “narrow” and [[portus]] “passage, harbour”.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) 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)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot's earliest sources are Plautus' ''Pseudolus'' and ''Mostellaria''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a narrow passage, alley, lane, a side street, as in Plautus, Terence and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A narrow passage, [[m|en|alley]], lane.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[angustus]]

+ * [[portus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}