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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *lewh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deːˈɫuː.brũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈluː.brum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēlūbrum''' ''n'' (genitive dēlūbrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It seems to be formed from [[m|la|dēluō|t=to wash off]] with the suffix [[m|la|-brum]], a place of cleansing.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The TLL calls the origin uncertain, and besides this compares [[m|la|lūstrum]].^(TLL) De Vaan lists it among the compounds of [[m|la|lavō|t=to wash]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*lowa-]] and [[ine-pro|*lewh₃-|t=to wash]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Plautus as its first author.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a temple or shrine, often used with feeling, and is frequent in the poets and elevated prose, usually in the plural.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro, quoted by Macrobius, already reported several ancient explanations of the word.^(TLL)

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+ In medieval Latin it is a pagan sanctuary, and also a baptistery.^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin glosses it “temple, shrine”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro on its origin, quoted by Macrobius.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|temple]], [[m|en|shrine]], sanctuary.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A pagan sanctuary; a [[m|en|baptistery]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lavō]]

+ * [[templum]]

+ * [[fānum]]

+ * [[aedēs]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein says that ''templum'', [[fānum]] and ''dēlūbrum'' denote the temple with its consecrated surroundings, while [[aedēs]] is the building only and [[sacellum]] a consecrated place with an altar but no building.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}