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caloratus

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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]

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