ornamentum Latin · revision 18007

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=280/260–before 200 BC, Livius Andronicus|origins=la ōrdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [oːr.naːˈmɛn.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [or.naˈmɛn.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ōrnāmentum''' ''n'' (genitive ōrnāmentī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|ōrnō|-mentum|t1=to equip, adorn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives [[m|la|ōrnō]] from ⟨*ōrd-n-āre⟩, a verb made from [[m|la|ōrdō|t=row, order]], which kept the special sense “to adorn”, while [[m|la|ōrdinō]] was made later with the general sense “to put in order”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Plautus has a parasite offer himself for sale ''cum ōrnāmentīs omnibus'', “with all my equipment”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Ōrnāmentum'' is first “equipment, accoutrements”, and of animals “trappings, harness”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is an object of adornment, personal or architectural, “an ornament, jewel” (Plautus: ''aurum, ōrnāmenta, vestem'', “gold, ornaments, clothes”), and in the plural the insignia of a rank or office.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is also a rhetorical or literary ornament (Cicero), and figuratively something that adds lustre, “an honour, distinction”, as Cicero calls Sicily ''ōrnāmentum imperiī'', the first province, an ornament of the empire.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “ornament, furniture, decoration, vestment”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''cum ōrnāmentīs omnibus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: Sicily, ''ōrnāmentum imperiī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|equipment]], accoutrements; trappings, [[m|en|harness]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # An [[m|en|ornament]], decoration; a jewel.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(plural)'' [[m|en|insignia]] (of a rank or office).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A rhetorical ornament.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An honour, distinction.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ornāmentārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ōrnō]]

+ * [[ōrnātus]]

+ * [[ōrdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}