dotalis Latin · revision 10201

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la dōs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [doːˈtaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [doˈtaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dōtālis''' (neuter dōtāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from the stem ⟨dōt-⟩ of [[dōs]] “dowry” with [[m|la|-ālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant forming part of a dowry, of or belonging to a dowry, dotal, as of a house in Plautus and in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means belonging to a dowry.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of a wedding gift, of the endowment of a church, and of land forming part of an endowment.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives as Italian ''dotale'' and Spanish ''dotal''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 639–709 AD – Aldhelm uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a [[m|en|dowry]], given as dowry, [[m|en|dotal]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of a church's [[m|en|endowment]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dōs]]

+ * [[dōtō]]

+ * [[dōnum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}