uxor Latin · revision 17844

+ {{infobox|confidence=unknown|attested=c. 280–200 BC, Livius Andronicus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈʊk.sɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈuk.sor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''uxor''' ''f'' (genitive uxōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions spell it ''uxsor'', ''oxor'' and ''uoxor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*uksōr|t=wife]], of unknown origin.^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) Compare [[xfa|uxor|t=wife]].^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan dismisses the proposals: ⟨*uks-or-⟩ “inseminated one”, from the root of [[sa|उक्षन्|tr=ukṣán|t=bull]] (also compared by the OLD, with the English word [[m|en|ox]]), ⟨*uǵʰ-sor-⟩ “woman who is conveyed”, and a change of meaning from “ox” to “wife”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary mentions attempts to link it with [[lv|uõsis|t=father-in-law]] and [[lt|uošvė|t=mother-in-law]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Livius Andronicus;^(Köbler 2010) de Vaan from Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008) Plautus has ''licuit uxōrem dōtātam dūcere'', “I could have married a wife with a dowry”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Uxor'' is a wife;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''uxōrem dūcere'' “to lead home a wife” is the usual phrase for a man's marrying.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From it come ''[[uxōrius]]'' “of a wife” and Plautus' ''[[uxorcula]]'' “little wife”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 280–200 BC – First found in Livius Andronicus.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''uxōrem dōtātam dūcere''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses ''uxor'' opposite ''marītus''.^(Döderlein 1874)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|wife]], spouse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''uxōrem dūcere'', to marry (of a man).^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inuxorus]]

+ * [[uxorcula]]

+ * [[uxōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[coniūnx]]

+ * [[marītus]]

+ * [[mulier]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''uxor'', a wife in relation to the man who married her (opposite ''[[marītus]]''), from ''[[coniūnx]]'', a spouse as half of a pair and on a par with the husband;^(Döderlein 1874) ''uxor'' suits an ordinary marriage, ''coniūnx'' a marriage of people of rank, like English “consort”.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}