1. vinnŭlus — Lewis & Short
vinnŭlus, a, um, adj.perh. for venerula from Venus,
I delightful, sweet:
oratio vinnula, venustula,Plaut. As. 1, 3, 70.
The corpus record — Latin
vinnulus
vinnulus · adj
delightful
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Where it lives
- Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
What it meant
2. vinnulus — Walde–Hofmann
vinnulus, -a, -um ,heblich, schmeichelnd“ Plaut. Asin. 223 óràtione vinnulä, venustulä (vgl. Paul. Fest. p. 377 dicitur. molliter. se geréns et minime quid viriliter facións; vgl. Gl. vinnulus : mollis, blandus; -um : delectübile; vinnicus : vuyeXtc Gl. II 209, 5): wohl nach Niedermann & und i 57 eine plautinische Augenblicksbildung im Anklang an das danebenstehende venustulus nach Art von tinnulus : tenuis. : Nicht … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. vinnulus, p. 1702]
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. uinnulus (scan p. 761; entry #12696).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. vinnulus (scan p. 1702; entry #3260). Root candidates: *uens-, *yindhno-, *uintno-.
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