laticlavius

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ɫaː.tɪˈkɫaː.wi.ʊs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [la.tiˈklaː.vi.us]^[1]

Forms

lāticlāvius (feminine lāticlāvia, neuter lāticlāvium); first/second-declension adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is from lātus “broad” and clāvus “stripe” with -ius.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is Petronius, of a napkin with a broad stripe.^[2][4] Köbler dates Petronius before 66 AD.^[3]

Semantic evolution

It meant bearing a broad purple stripe, the badge of senators and of the senatorial class, of tunics and, jokingly in Petronius, a napkin; of military tribunes, wearing the broad stripe as a sign of senatorial rank, and as a noun a man of senatorial family, as in Suetonius.^[2][4]

Timeline

• before 66 AD – Petronius uses it.^[2][3]
• c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of a senatorial tribune.^[2][3]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Broad-striped (with the senatorial purple stripe).^[2][5]
2. Of senatorial rank, (as noun) a man of senatorial family.^[2]

Related words

• lātus
• clāvus
• lāticlāvus
• angusticlāvius

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 Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
5. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press