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memorator

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [mɛ.mɔˈraː.tɔr][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [me.moˈraː.tor][1]

Forms

memorātor m (genitive memorātōris); third declension[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin memorō (“to recount”) + -tor, from memor (“mindful”).[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its source is Propertius, tuī cāsūs memorātor “one who recounts your fall”.[3][4][5] Köbler dates Propertius 57/46–12 BC.[5]

Semantic evolution

Poetic, it meant one who relates or recounts, a storyteller.[2][3]

British Medieval Latin used it for one who remembers, has a good memory.[6]

Timeline

  • 57/46–12 BC – Propertius uses it.[3][5]

Meanings

Noun

  1. One who relates, a storyteller.[2]
  2. (Medieval Latin) One who remembers.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  4. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  5. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  6. ^ 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