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deversorium

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dēversōrium n (genitive dēversōriī or dēversōrī); second declension[1] Also dīversōrium and dēvorsōrium.[2][3]

Etymology

It is from dēvertō “to turn aside, stop at a lodging” with the suffix -tōrium.[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Gaffiot cites his letters.[4][3]

Semantic evolution

It was a place, a private house or a public inn, where a traveller stops to stay or rest, a lodging, inn, as in Cicero.[2][3]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant lodging.[5] Medieval Latin spelled it dīversōrium.[6]

Timeline

  • 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.[3][4]

Meanings

Noun

  1. A lodging, inn, stopping place.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c d e Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  4. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  5. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
  6. ^ Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill