funditor
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Pronunciation
Forms
funditor m (genitive funditōris); third declension[1]
Etymology
It is a derivative from Latin funda (“sling”), with the ending of iānitor.[2][3][1] The origin of funda is uncertain: it may go back to ⟨*bʰondʰ-h₂-⟩ “strap”, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”), or be a loanword from an unknown language, the source also of Ancient Greek σφενδόνη (sphendónē, “sling”).[4]
Earliest recorded meaning
Köbler's first source is the historian Claudius Quadrigarius.[5]
Semantic evolution
It is a soldier armed with a sling, a light-armed slinger, frequent in Caesar and Sallust.[2][6] Lewis & Short compare iaculātor and sagittārius.[6]
Timeline
- 1st century BC – Claudius Quadrigarius.[5]
- c. 50 BC – Caesar of the slingers in his army.[6][5]
- 86–34 BC – Sallust of slingers.[6][5]
Meanings
Noun
Related words
Usage notes
Medieval Latin has a separate funditor “founder, caster of metal”,[7] from fundō (“to pour”).[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
- ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
- ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
- ^ a b c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill