caloratus

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ka.ɫoːˈraː.tʊs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.loˈraː.tus]^[1]

Forms

calōrātus (feminine calōrāta, neuter calōrātum); first/second-declension adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin calor (“heat, ardour”) + -ātus.^[2][1][3] ⟨calor⟩ is from caleō (“to be warm”), which de Vaan traces to Proto-Indo-European *ḱlh₁-eh₁- (“to be hot”).^[1][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is Apuleius, iuventūtis impetus calōrātus “the fiery impulse of youth”.^[3][5] Köbler dates Apuleius c. 125–175 AD.^[3]

Semantic evolution

Post-classical and rare, it meant literally hot, heated, as of iron in Isidore and of hot days in Porphyrio, and figuratively hot, passionate, vehement, furious, as in Apuleius and Fulgentius.^[2][5]

Timeline

• c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of passion.^[5][3]
• c. 560–636 AD – Isidore uses it of heated iron.^[5][3]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Hot, heated.^[5]
2. Passionate, vehement.^[2]

Related words

• caldāmentum
• caldāria
• caldāriola
• caldārium
• caldārius
• caldor
• calefaciō
• calefactābilis
• calefactiō
• calefactō
• calor
• caleō

References

1. ^ a b c d e 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 Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
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 c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press