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depositarius

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [deː.pɔ.sɪˈtaː.ri.ʊs][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [de.po.s̬iˈtaː.ri.us][1]

Forms

dēpositārius m (genitive dēpositāriī or dēpositārī); second declension[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin dēpositum (“deposit”) + -ārius, from dēpōnō “to put down, deposit”.[2][3][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Gaffiot cites Ulpian in the Digest, and Köbler lists inscriptions.[5][6] Köbler dates Ulpian before 223 AD.[6]

Semantic evolution

A legal word, it meant one who receives a deposit, a trustee, depositary, and in Ulpian also one who makes a deposit.[4][5]

British Medieval Latin used it for a depositary or bursar, and the neuter as a noun for a depository.[7] It survives as Italian and Spanish depositario.[1]

Timeline

  • before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it.[5][6]

Meanings

Noun

  1. A depositary, trustee of a deposit.[4][5]
  2. One who makes a deposit.[5]
  3. (Medieval Latin) A bursar.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  4. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  5. ^ a b c d e 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
  7. ^ 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