alvearium Latin · revision 9900

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Columella|origins=ine-pro *h₂ewlo-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''alveārium''' ''n'' (genitive alveāriī or alveārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Columella has ''alveāre'' four times.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|alveus|-ārium|t1=hollow, vessel, beehive]], perhaps through an adjective ⟨*alveārius⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨alveus⟩ is from [[m|la|alvus|t=belly]].^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨alvus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*aulos]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂ewlo-|t=tube, cavity]], with metathesis of ⟨*aulos⟩ to ⟨*alwos⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Columella.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Columella to the 1st century AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a hollow vessel swelling in the middle, and especially a beehive, as in Columella and Palladius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|beehive]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alveus]]

+ * [[alvārium]]

+ * [[alveolus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}