torris Latin · revision 10061

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtɔr.rɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɔr.ris]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''torris''' ''m'' (genitive torris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also second-declension ''torrus'' in Accius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from the root of [[torreō]] “to scorch”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan traces ⟨torreō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*tors-eje-|t=to scorch]], [[ine-pro|*tors-éye-|t=to make dry]], cognate with [[sa|तृष्यति|tr=tŕ̥ṣyati|t=is thirsty]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Ennius.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a piece of burning wood, a firebrand, brand, with or without flame, as in Virgil and Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a firebrand, as in Alcuin's ''torris dē incendiō raptus'' “a brand plucked from the fire”.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|firebrand]], brand.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[torrus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[torreō]]

+ * [[torridus]]

+ * [[titiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}