alvarium Latin · revision 9901

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aɫˈwaː.ri.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [alˈvaː.ri.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''alvārium''' ''n'' (genitive alvāriī or alvārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|alvus|-ārium|t1=belly; beehive]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) 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 Varro's ''Rēs rūsticae'', and Charisius quotes it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a beehive and an apiary, as in Varro, Cicero and Pliny.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

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

+ # An [[m|en|apiary]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alvus]]

+ * [[alveārium]]

+ * [[alveus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}