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In theory, we can easily attach a derived adjective to it's noun source. But, as far as I see this, it almost never happens. Yet, I would say, there are very few examples in some languages that are used in practice. Usually for emphasis - in order to stress the "pure"/essential/natural characteristics of the noun when they sometimes get blurred.

My question, out of curiosity: can we find such examples in the Latin corpus? something like "coronaria corona" or "cibarius cibus"? examples like the English "orange[color] orange[fruit]" also count.

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    The use of etymologically related words in a phrase (a "figura etymologica") is not terribly uncommon in New Testament Koine Greek — e.g. the shepherds in the Lucan nativity story εφοβηθησαν φοβον μεγαν. It appears that this is to some extent a Hebraicism.
    – gmvh
    Oct 10, 2020 at 20:39

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Here an example from Ennius fragment 245 (from his tragedy Iphigenia, quoted in Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 19.10.12):

otioso in otio <aeger> animus nescit quid velit.

In leisurely leisure a sick mind knows not what it wants.'

[Translation by E.H. Warmington]

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