tabernarius Latin · revision 10068

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la taberna}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ta.bɛrˈnaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ta.berˈnaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tabernārius''' (feminine tabernāria, neuter tabernārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|taberna|-ārius|t1=booth, shop, inn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨taberna⟩ as ⟨*trab-erna⟩, from [[trabs]] “beam”, with dissimilation, originally “wooden shed”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, and Gaffiot cites his ''Prō Flaccō''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a noun it meant the keeper of a booth or shop, a shopkeeper, tradesman, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) As an adjective it meant of a shop, typical of shopkeepers, low, common, as in Apuleius, and ''tabernāria'' (''fābula'') was a low type of comedy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it of taverns and tavern-keepers.^(DMLBS) It survives as French ''tavernier'', Italian ''tavernaio'' and Spanish ''tabernero''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of shopkeepers.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of the low and common.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

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

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of shopkeepers; low, common.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[taberna]]

+ * [[trabs]]

+ * [[en|taverner]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}