caldor

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈkaɫ.dɔr]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkal.dor]^[1]

Forms

caldor m (genitive caldōris); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from caldus, the contracted form of calidus “warm, hot”, with the suffix -or.^[2][3][1] De Vaan traces ⟨caleō⟩ to Proto-Italic *kalē-, a stative verb from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlh₁-eh₁- (“to be hot”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is Varro's Rēs rūsticae.^[3][5] Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant heat, warmth, and Lewis & Short call it ante- and post-classical, citing Varro and Gellius, and Gaffiot adds a plural in Arnobius.^[2][3][5]

Timeline

• 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^[3][6]
• c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it.^[3][6]

Meanings

Noun

1. Heat, warmth.^[2][3]

Related words

• calor
• calidus
• caleō

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d e f Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de