alium
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Unknown according to de Vaan (2008). May be connected to āla (“wing”), on the image of the garlic bulb being divided into "wings"; for a similar derivation from garlic being "cloven" cf. the etymology of German Knoblauch (“garlic”). It has also been compared with the Greek gloss of ἄλλην (állēn) as 'vegetables' "among the Italians", which may stem from another Italic language, and if so, has no direct bearing on the etymological consideration of Latin ālium.[1]
Based only on the form allium, Kroonen (2012) suggests that it may be a borrowing from the root of Ancient Greek ἄγλις (áglis), specifically via a byform *adlī-. See the Ancient Greek entry for more.[2]
According to Roberts, from Proto-Indo-European *ālu- (“bitter plant”).[3]
Alternative forms
[edit]- allium (from 1st century CE)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈaː.li.um/, [ˈäːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.um/, [ˈäːlium]
Noun
[edit]ālium n (genitive āliī or ālī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ālium | ālia |
| genitive | āliī ālī1 |
āliōrum |
| dative | āliō | āliīs |
| accusative | ālium | ālia |
| ablative | āliō | āliīs |
| vocative | ālium | ālia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- ālum (“wild garlic”)
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2012) “An Akkadian loanword in Pre-Greek: on the etymology of Greek ἄγλις and γέλγις 'garlic'”, in The Journal of Indo-European Studies[2], volume 40, page 295
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 725
Further reading
[edit]- “alium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- alium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
- (ambiguous) he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
- “alium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.um/, [ˈälʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.um/, [ˈäːlium]
Adjective
[edit]alium
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- la:Alliums
- la:Spices and herbs
- la:Vegetables