fructuarius Latin · revision 10182

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la frūctus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [fruːk.tuˈaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [fruk.tuˈaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''frūctuārius''' (feminine frūctuāria, neuter frūctuārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|frūctus|-ārius|t1=fruit, produce, profit]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨frūctus⟩, the noun of [[fruor]] “to enjoy”, to Proto-Italic ⟨*frūg-je/o-⟩, [[ine-pro|*bʰruHg-ye/o-|t=to use]], cognate with Oscan ⟨fruktatiuf⟩ “usufruct” and [[got|𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=brukjan|t=to use]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Varro.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it meant fruit-bearing, of shoots or buds, as in Columella and Pliny, and productive, of animals; in law, from Gaius, it meant relating to usufruct, held in usufruct.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) As a noun it was in Ulpian a usufructuary, one entitled to the use and fruits of a property he did not own, and in an inscription apparently a fruiterer.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Medieval Latin used the noun for a fruiterer and a manorial officer in charge of fruit.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of shoots.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius uses it of usufruct.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of a usufructuary.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Fruit-bearing, productive.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(law)'' Of [[m|en|usufruct]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(law)'' A [[m|en|usufructuary]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|fruiterer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fructuāria]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[frūctus]]

+ * [[ūsūfrūctuārius]]

+ * [[fruor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}