fragor Latin · revision 31445

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *bʰr-n-ǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfra.ɡɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈfraː.ɡor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fragor''' ''m'' (genitive fragōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from ⟨frag-⟩, the root of [[m|la|frangō|t=to break]], with the suffix [[m|la|-or]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨frangō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*frang-]] and the nasal present [[ine-pro|*bʰr-n-ǵ-|t=to break]], cognate with [[got|𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽|tr=brikan|t=to break]] and [[goh|brehhan|t=to break]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Lucretius,^(Köbler 2010) who says there is no end to the cutting of bodies and no pause to their breaking up.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense, the act of breaking or splitting, is very rare, found in Lucretius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Usually it is the noise of something breaking, a crash, roar or din, as Cicero's land that announces the enemy's coming by a sort of crashing and its very sound, and of voices a loud clamour, as Virgil's loud wailing in the houses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) By transfer it is uproar or commotion, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Döderlein makes ''fragor'' a hollow, harsh crashing sound, ''strepitus'' a loud noise such as roaring or shrieking, and ''crepitus'' a crackling.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it “crash, noise, din”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of breaking up.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the crash of an approaching enemy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A breaking, shattering.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|crash]], roar, [[m|en|din]]; a loud clamour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|uproar|alt=Uproar]], commotion.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fragōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fragilis]]

+ * [[fragmentum]]

+ * [[frangō]]

+ * [[strepitus]]

+ * [[crepitus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}