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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *weyḱ-}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''vīlicus''' ''m'' (genitive vīlicī, feminine vīlica); second declension^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also spelled ''villicus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is formed from [[m|la|vīlla|t=country house, farm]] with the suffix [[m|la|-icus]], with the double /l/ simplified.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives ⟨vīlla⟩ from [[itc-pro|*weikslā-|t=farm]], from the family of [[m|la|vīcus|t=village]], [[ine-pro|*weyḱ-|t=settlement]], cognate with [[sa|विश्|tr=víś-|t=settlement, people]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus is its first author in the OLD, with “why are you creeping about in town, you worthless bailiff?” in the ''Casina'';^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler gives Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It is the man, slave or free, in charge of running a farm or estate, the farm overseer, as in Cato, Varro and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Under the Empire it was a grade of servant in public or imperial service, a manager or overseer, as in Frontinus on the aqueducts.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Lewis and Short also give a rare adjective “of a country house”, in Ausonius.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler records it in early medieval charters and laws.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a bailiff in town.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of the farm overseer.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|bailiff]], [[m|en|steward]] or overseer of a farm or estate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # A manager or overseer in imperial or public service.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A villager.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[vīlica]]
+ * [[vīlicō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[vīlla]]
+ * [[vīcus]]
+ * [[colōnus]]
+ * [[āctor]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}