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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *wih₁-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwiː.ne.a]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈviː.ne.a]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''vīnea''' ''f'' (genitive vīneae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Also spelled ''vīnia''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the noun use of [[m|la|vīneus|t=of wine]], from [[m|la|vīnum|t=wine]] and [[m|la|-eus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨vīnum⟩ is [[inh|itc-pro|*wīno-]], which de Vaan traces to an ⟨n⟩-stem ⟨*u̯ih₁-n-⟩ “vine, wine”, from a root “to weave, wrap”, the vine being “the twining one”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognates of ⟨vīnum⟩ include Umbrian ⟨vinu⟩, [[grc|οἶνος|tr=oînos|t=wine]] and [[hit|u̯ii̯an-|t=wine]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, of the vines of a vineyard, and Köbler lists the Twelve Tables.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates the Twelve Tables c. 450 BC and Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the vines of a vineyard collectively, set out in rows, and so a vineyard, or a single vine as in Cato.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Lucilius it was a military term for a movable shed that sheltered men at a siege, probably for its resemblance to a row of trellised vines.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means vineyard, vine, and British Medieval Latin used it also figuratively.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS) It survives as Italian ''vigna'', French ''vigne'' and Romanian ''vie'', and English ''vine'' (c. 1300) is from it through Old French.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 450 BC – The Twelve Tables have it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a vineyard.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of a siege shed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1300 – English ''vine'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The vines of a vineyard; a [[m|en|vineyard]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # A [[m|en|vine]].^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(military)'' A movable shed protecting soldiers at a [[m|en|siege]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[vīneārius]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[vīnitor]]
+ * [[vīnolentia]]
+ * [[vīnōsus]]
+ * [[vīnum]]
+ * [[vītis]]
+ * [[en|vine]]
+ * [[en|vignette]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}