lineo Latin · revision 9987

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la līnea}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈliː.ne.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈliː.ne.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''līneō''' (present infinitive līneāre, perfect active līneāvī, supine līneātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|līnea|-ō|t1=line]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, of making straight.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make or keep straight, to reduce to a straight line, make perpendicular, as in Plautus, and apparently to mark with lines.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ English ''lineate'' (1550s) is from its participle ''līneātus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1550s – English ''lineate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make [[m|en|straight]], align.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To mark with lines.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēlīneō]]

+ * [[līneātiō]]

+ * [[collīneō]]

+ * [[collīniō]]

+ * [[dēlīniō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[līnea]]

+ * [[līneālis]]

+ * [[līneāmentum]]

+ * [[līneāris]]

+ * [[līneārius]]

+ * [[līneola]]

+ * [[en|delineate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}