pecuarius Latin · revision 10124

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *peḱ-u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɛ.kuˈaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [pe.kuˈaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pecuārius''' (feminine pecuāria, neuter pecuārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''pequārius''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pecū|-ārius|t1=cattle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨pecū⟩ to [[ine-pro|*peḱ-u-|t=cattle]], cognate with Umbrian ⟨pequo⟩ “cattle” and [[sa|पशु|tr=paśú-|t=cattle]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite Plautus' ''rēs pecuāria''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it meant of cattle or sheep or of raising them, as in ''rēs pecuāria'' “livestock, stock-farming” in Plautus and Cicero; as a noun it meant a cattle-breeder, grazier, as in Varro.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it of livestock, and ''pecuārium'' (''genus canis'') was a sheepdog.^(DMLBS) Spanish and Italian ''pecuario'' are learned borrowings of it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has ''rēs pecuāria''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses the noun.^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of [[m|en|cattle]], of [[m|en|livestock]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A cattle-breeder, [[m|en|grazier]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pecuāria]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pecū]]

+ * [[pecus]]

+ * [[pecūnia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}