thesaurizo

Forms

thēsaurizō (present infinitive thēsaurizāre, perfect active thēsaurizāvī, supine thēsaurizātum); first conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek θησαυρίζω (thēsaurízō, “to store, treasure up”), a Late Latin borrowing,^[1] from θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “store-room, treasure”).^[1] Lewis & Short and Georges derive it within Latin from thēsaurus.^[2][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It appears in the Vulgate, of laying up treasure, and in the same text figuratively, of storing up wrath.^[2][4]

Semantic evolution

It is a word of Christian writers:^[3] besides the literal sense, to hoard treasure, used by Augustine in the City of God and by Salvian against avarice,^[2][5] it was used figuratively of storing up anything, such as discipline or wrath.^[2]

Timeline

• 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of laying up treasure and of storing up wrath.^[2][4][6]
• 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it in the City of God.^[2][6]
• 435/439 AD – Salvian uses it in his books against avarice.^[2][5][6]

Meanings

Verb

1. (Late Latin) To gather or lay up treasure, hoard.^[2][3][5][7]
2. (figurative) To store up, accumulate (wrath, discipline).^[2][4]

Related words

• thesaurus

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
3. ^ a b c Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
4. ^ a b c Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
5. ^ a b c 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. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson