deliratio Latin · revision 10210

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *loysh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [deː.liːˈraː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [de.liˈrat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēlīrātiō''' ''f'' (genitive dēlīrātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dēlīrō|-tiō|t1=to go out of the furrow; to be crazy]], from [[m|la|dē-]] and [[līra]] “furrow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨līra⟩ as [[itc-pro|*loisā-]], [[ine-pro|*loysh₂-|t=furrow, track]], cognate with [[cu|лѣха|tr=lěxa|t=field bed, furrow]] and [[goh|leisa|t=track]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its literal sense, the act of going off the ridges between furrows in harrowing, is in Pliny; figuratively it meant derangement, delirium, madness, folly, silliness, and dotage, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for erratic behaviour, folly.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of folly.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of harrowing off the furrow.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Going off the furrow (in harrowing).^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|delirium|alt=Delirium]], madness; [[m|en|folly]], dotage.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēlīrō]]

+ * [[dēlīrus]]

+ * [[līra]]

+ * [[en|delirium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}