ornatus Latin · revision 17994

+ {{homograph|1|equipped, adorned}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=la ōrdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [oːrˈnaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [orˈnaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ōrnātus''' (feminine ōrnāta, neuter ōrnātum, comparative ōrnātior, superlative ōrnātissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The adjective is the past participle of [[m|la|ōrnō|t=to equip, adorn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008) That verb comes from ⟨*ōrd-n-āre⟩, a verb made from [[m|la|ōrdō|t=row, order]]; when the link was no longer felt, [[m|la|ōrdinō]] was made anew from the noun.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates the adjective from Terence.^(de Vaan 2008) Cicero speaks of an army ''maximus atque ōrnātissimus'', “very large and very well equipped”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Ōrnātus'' is “well equipped, properly arrayed”, and “richly adorned, ornate, magnificent” (Cicero: Syracuse, ''urbis pulcherrimae atque ōrnātissimae'', “a most beautiful and splendid city”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) With an ablative it is “endowed with” qualities or learning (Varro: ''litterīs ōrnātissimus'', “most accomplished in letters”), and on its own “distinguished, honoured”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''urbis pulcherrimae atque ōrnātissimae''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro: ''litterīs ōrnātissimus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Well [[m|en|equipped]], properly arrayed.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Richly adorned, [[m|en|ornate]], magnificent.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Endowed (with qualities or accomplishments).^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|distinguished]], honoured.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ {{homograph|2|equipment, adornment}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la ōrdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [oːrˈnaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [orˈnaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ōrnātus''' ''m'' (genitive ōrnātūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Terence has the genitive ''ōrnātī'', and Gaius Caesar the dative ''ōrnātū''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The noun is formed [[af|la|ōrnō|-tus]], an action noun of the verb “to equip, adorn”, which goes back to a verb made from [[m|la|ōrdō|t=row, order]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates the noun from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses it of a person's get-up: ''quās tū rēs hōc ōrnātū gerās'', “what you are up to in this outfit”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Ōrnātus'' is “equipment, arms, dress”, and the preparation of a ceremony or a show.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is the act of decorating and the decoration itself, of cities and buildings, and in rhetoric the embellishment of a speech, “ornament”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It also means the lustre added to an office, “distinction, honour” (Cicero of a statue carried off ''ad ōrnātum aedīlitātis suae'', “to grace his aedileship”).^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “adornment, dress, decoration, equipment, furniture”.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it is also equipment, and church utensils.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''hōc ōrnātū''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''ad ōrnātum aedīlitātis suae''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|equipment]], arms; dress, [[m|en|attire]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Preparation (of a ceremony); a show, display.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Decoration, [[m|en|adornment]], ornament.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' Embellishment.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Distinction, honour.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Church utensils.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ōrnō]]

+ * [[ōrdō]]

+ * [[ōrnāmentum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}