promunturium Latin · revision 9927

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=Pacuvius|origins=la prōmineō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōmunturium''' ''n'' (genitive prōmunturiī or prōmunturī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''prōmuntōrium'' and ''prōmontōrium''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is related to [[prōmineō]] “to jut out”: the TLL calls the link with ⟨prōminēre⟩ evident but the ending obscure, perhaps from an adjective ⟨*prōmentu-ro-⟩.^(TLL) The OLD derives it, perhaps, from ⟨prōmineō⟩ by association with [[mōns]] “mountain”, and Wiktionary calls it unclear.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Köbler connects it with [[prō]] and ⟨mōns⟩.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Pacuvius.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Pacuvius 220–130 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a piece of land jutting into the sea, a headland, cape, and in Livy the projecting spur of a mountain range.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a headland, promontory.^(DMLBS) English ''promontory'' (1540s) is from it through French ''promontoire'' and Medieval Latin ''prōmontōrium'', altered under the influence of ''mōns''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a mountain spur.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English ''promontory'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|headland]], [[m|en|promontory]], cape.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A projecting mountain spur.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōmineō]]

+ * [[mōns]]

+ * [[ēmineō]]

+ * [[en|promontory]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}