aula Latin · revision 31122

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=220–130 BC, Pacuvius|origins=grc αὐλή}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈau̯.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈaːu̯.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aula''' ''f'' (genitive aulae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Virgil has the old genitive ''aulāī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|αὐλή|tr=aulḗ|t=courtyard, hall]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler links the Greek word to a root [[ine-pro|*au̯es-|t=to spend the night]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is Pacuvius: “the young men sing the wedding song, the hall resounds with music”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the yard or enclosure of a house, as the dog in Horace that barked at a deer skin in the yard, the inner court of a Greek house in Vitruvius, and an entrance hall, the same as the [[ātrium]], as in Pacuvius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the poets it is a royal or noble residence, a palace, as Aeolus who may “boast in that hall” in Virgil, a temple, as Martial's Capitol, and even a beehive.^(OLD 2012) By extension it is the court, the royal or imperial household, as Cicero's “with all the authority of the court”, and a throne or kingdom.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it is the hall of a castle, a mansion, a town hall, a church and the nave of a church, Church Latin has ''aula trānsversa'' for the transept.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius of an entrance hall.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a royal court.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of a palace.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of the inner court of a Greek house.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|courtyard]], forecourt; an inner court; an entrance hall.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|palace]], royal residence, ''(poetic)'' a temple; a beehive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A royal [[m|en|court]], the courtiers; a throne, kingdom.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A hall, mansion, town hall; a church, the nave.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aulicus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ātrium]]

+ * [[rēgia]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate ''aula'' is the Old Latin form of [[olla]] “pot”, found in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}