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corollarium

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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [kɔ.roːlˈlaː.ri.ũː][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [ko.rolˈlaː.ri.um][1]

Forms

corōllārium n (genitive corōllāriī or corōllārī); second declension[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin corōlla (“small garland”) + -ārium.[2][1][3] That noun is a diminutive of corōna (“crown, garland”).[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler records it first in Cicero,[5] meaning a gratuity: he describes a man at a dinner who, like an entertaining performer unwilling to leave without his tip, had the decorations stripped from the silver.[6][7]

Semantic evolution

Pliny the Elder explains that the name was first given to garlands made of thin gilded or silvered bronze, given as rewards,[2][3] and Georges notes that money or other valuables later took their place.[3] Varro defines it as something added beyond what is owed,[2][6] and Phaedrus, Seneca and Petronius use it of a gift or extra payment.[6][3] Gellius uses it of a small garland.[3]

In later philosophical writing, as in Boethius, it became a corollary, a further conclusion drawn from what has been proved.[6][3] Medieval writers in Britain use it both of a gratuity and, in geometry and logic, of a corollary, often spelled corelarium or correlarium.[8] English borrowed the logical sense in the late 14th century.[4]

Timeline

  • 116–27 BC – Varro defines it as something added beyond what is owed.[2][5]
  • 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a tip.[6][5]
  • 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder explains it as a garland of gilded or silvered metal.[2][5]
  • late 14th century – English borrows it as corollary.[4]

Meanings

Noun

  1. A garland of gilded or silvered metal, often given as a reward.[2][3]
  2. An additional or unrequested payment, a gratuity, tip, present.[2][6]
  3. (Late Latin, philosophy) A corollary, a further conclusion.[6][3][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
  4. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  5. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  7. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
  8. ^ a b 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