clario

Forms

clāriō (genitive clāriōnis); third declension^[1][2] It is also spelled clārō.^[2][1]

Etymology

It is from Latin clārus (“clear”),^[1][3] and the DMLBS compares Old French clairon.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

The earliest dated use quoted is from 1349, an English account that pays for small pennons for the trumpets and clarions, for the Christmas feast and for warlike deeds.^[4]

Semantic evolution

Niermeyer glosses it as a clarion,^[2] the DMLBS as a war trumpet,^[4] and Köbler as a trumpet or signal horn.^[1] The English word, recorded in the early 14th century, comes from Old French and directly from this Medieval Latin word.^[3]

Timeline

• early 14th century – English clarion is first recorded, from Old French and Medieval Latin.^[3]
• 1349 – An English account lists clarions beside trumpets, for Christmas and for war.^[4]

Meanings

Noun

1. (Medieval Latin) A clarion, a high-pitched trumpet used in war.^[2][4][1]

Related words

• clarus
• English clarion

Usage notes

As a proper name, Clario was a Roman cognomen, found in inscriptions from Rome and Brundisium.^[5]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
2. ^ a b c d Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ a b c d e Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
5. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften