laureus Latin · revision 10150

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la laurus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɫau̯.re.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈlaːu̯.re.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''laureus''' (feminine laurea, neuter laureum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|laurus|-eus|t1=laurel]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Cato, of laurel bars and leaves.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of laurel, as of a laurel crown in Cicero and Livy; and in Pliny resembling laurel, as a name of varieties of pears and cherries, and Columella's ''laurea pira'' were pears tasting of laurel.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used ''corōna laurea'' for a laurel crown.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of fruit varieties.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of [[m|en|laurel]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Resembling laurel; of certain pears and cherries.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[laurea]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laurus]]

+ * [[laureātus]]

+ * [[en|laureate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}