alcedo Latin · revision 9905

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=borrowing|attested=Plautus|origins=grc ἀλκυών}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aɫˈkeː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [al̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''alcēdō''' ''f'' (genitive alcēdinis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''halcēdō''; later replaced by ''alcyōn''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|grc|ἀλκυών|tr=alkuṓn|t=kingfisher]], reshaped with the suffix of words like [[terēdō]] and [[torpēdō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Plautus' ''Poenulus'', and Varro and Festus also use it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the halcyon, kingfisher.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note that the spellings with ⟨h⟩ arose from a fanciful connection with the sea.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin glossaries took it as a gull, glossed Old English ''mǣw'', and perhaps a coal-tit.^(DMLBS) Spanish ''alcedón'' is a learned borrowing.^(Wiktionary) Its derivative ''alcēdōnia'' was the calm, stormless time in winter.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|halcyon]], [[m|en|kingfisher]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|gull]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[alcedonia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alcyōn]]

+ * [[grc|ἀλκυών|tr=alkuṓn]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}