canalicius Latin · revision 9914

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=grc κάννα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ka.naːˈlɪ.ki.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.naˈliː.t͡ʃi.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''canālicius''' (feminine canālicia, neuter canālicium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|canālis|-icius|t1=channel, shaft]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨canālis⟩ is from ⟨*cannālis⟩, from [[m|la|canna|t=reed, cane]], a borrowing of [[grc|κάννα|tr=kánna|t=reed]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its source is Pliny the Elder, ''aurum canālicium''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Pliny 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant derived from shafts, of gold dug out of mine shafts, the same as ''canāliēnsis'', and Gaffiot takes ''aurum canālicium'' as a vein of a gold mine.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Derived from shafts (of [[m|en|gold]]).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[canāliēnsis]]

+ * [[canālis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}