ordinator Latin · revision 10126

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Seneca|origins=la ōrdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [oːr.dɪˈnaː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [or.diˈnaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ōrdinātor''' ''m'' (genitive ōrdinātōris, feminine ōrdinātrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ōrdinō|-tor|t1=to arrange]], from [[ōrdō]] “row, order”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨ōrdō⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*ord-n-⟩ “row, order”, perhaps from [[ine-pro|*h₂or-d-]], and notes that its original denominative was [[ōrnō]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Seneca, ''ōrdinātor lītis'', one who institutes a lawsuit.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Post-Augustan, it meant one who institutes legal proceedings in due form, as in Seneca, and an orderer, regulator, arranger, as in Apuleius and Hilary.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means one who ordains, arranger, regulator.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a manorial bailiff and a bishop's delegate for secular business.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a pleader.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of a regulator.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|regulator]], arranger.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # One who institutes a lawsuit.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' One who [[m|en|ordain|alt=ordains]].^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A manorial [[m|en|bailiff]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ōrdinō]]

+ * [[ōrdō]]

+ * [[ōrdinātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}