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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
1890 American Book Company edition; pinned Perseus XML digitizationnī
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MODERN ENTRY POINTS
WORD DOSSIERS
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ATTESTED / RECONSTRUCTED / BOUNDARY
HISTORICAL FORMS
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WHERE INTERPRETATION IS TESTED
CLAIMS & DISPUTES
SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 2
resolvedestablishedposition text
Was hete an isolated noun rather than a word-building base?
No. Bosworth–Toller lists eleven derived first elements ending in -hete; Clark Hall separately records hetenīþ, heterūn, hetesprǣc, hetesweng, and heteðanc.
resolvedestablishedposition text
Does Bīrūnī prove tea was already a common Persian drink in the 11th century?
No. The report proves learned awareness and discussion of use in China and Tibet; Iranica says this does not establish broad Persian consumption at that time.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 1
RANK 147GRADE Aranked reveal
An 11th-century mention is not an 11th-century mass habit.
Bīrūnī’s report establishes Persian scholarly awareness of čāy; it does not date widespread Persian drinking, and Iranica leaves the adoption mechanism unknown.
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BOOKS / DICTIONARIES / ARTICLES / DATABASES
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FIRST USES & HISTORICAL OBJECTS
ATTESTATION WITNESSES
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