garrulitas Latin · revision 10177

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ovid|origins=la garrulus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''garrulitās''' ''f'' (genitive garrulitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|garrulus|-tās|t1=talkative]], from [[garriō]] “to chatter”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨garriō⟩ as perhaps Proto-Italic ⟨*gārje/o-⟩, [[ine-pro|*ǵ(e)h₂r-ye/o-|t=to shout]], cognate with [[sga|gairid|t=calls]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Ovid, and Gaffiot cites his ''Metamorphoses'' for the chattering of magpies.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant chattering, babbling, talkativeness, loquacity, of birds such as the magpie in Ovid and the crow in Pliny, and of people, and Lewis & Short note that it is not found in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for insolent language, and British Medieval Latin for foolish chatter and merriment.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of magpies.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of crows.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|chatter|alt=Chatter]], [[m|en|garrulity]], [[m|en|loquacity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Insolent language.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[garrulus]]

+ * [[garriō]]

+ * [[en|garrulity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}