proditor Latin · revision 31210

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *deh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈproː.dɪ.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈprɔː.di.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōditor''' ''m'' (genitive prōditōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|prōdō|t=to betray, give up]] with the agent suffix [[m|la|-tor]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb is formed from [[m|la|prō-|t=forth]] and [[m|la|dō|t=to give]], which de Vaan derives from [[ine-pro|*deh₃-|t=to give]].^(Wiktionary)^(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 betrayer or traitor, as Cicero's senate that had “no leaders, and traitors instead of leaders”, and ''prōditor patriae'', a traitor to one's country.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL treats the feminine ''prōditrīx'' with it.^(TLL)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “betrayer, traitor”, and in medieval Latin it is also a scoundrel.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of traitors instead of leaders.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A betrayer, [[m|en|traitor]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''prōditor patriae'', a traitor to one's country.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|scoundrel]], knave.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōdō]]

+ * [[prōditiō]]

+ * [[trāditor]]

+ * [[perfidus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}