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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *weyḱ-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [wiːˈkiː.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [viˈt͡ʃiː.nus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''vīcīnus''' (feminine vīcīna, neuter vīcīnum, comparative vīcīnior, adverb vīcīnē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
+ Inscriptions have the old spelling ''veicinei''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|vīcus|-īnus|t1=village, quarter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨vīcus⟩ from [[itc-pro|*weik-o-|t=settlement]], [[ine-pro|*weyḱ-|t=settlement]], cognate with [[grc|οἶκος|tr=oîkos|t=house]] and [[sa|विश्|tr=víś-|t=settlement]].^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary compares the parallel Lithuanian ⟨kaimynas⟩ “neighbour” from ⟨kaimas⟩ “village”.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, of a neighbour.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ As a noun it meant a neighbour, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) As an adjective it meant living nearby, neighbouring, as in Livy; situated close at hand, as in Lucretius; near in time, as in Seneca; and closely related, similar, as in Celsus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ Medieval Latin used the plural ''vīcīnī'' for the inhabitants of one village or district.^(Niermeyer 1976) Old French ''voisin'' “neighbour” is from it.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a neighbour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of things close at hand.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of neighbouring peoples.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Living nearby, [[m|en|neighbouring]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # Situated close at hand, [[m|en|near]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Near in time, [[m|en|imminent]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Closely related, [[m|en|similar]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|neighbour]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin, plural)'' The inhabitants of one village.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[vīcus]]
+ * [[vīcīnia]]
+ * [[vīcīnitās]]
+ * [[en|vicinity]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}