propugnator Latin · revision 31833

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la pugna}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [proː.pʊŋˈnaː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [pro.puɲˈɲaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōpugnātor''' ''m'' (genitive prōpugnātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prōpugnō|-tor|t1=to fight in defence]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) from [[m|la|prō-]] and [[m|la|pugnō|t=to fight]], from [[m|la|pugna|t=fight]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) whose speeches against Verres speak of a fleet left weak by the discharge of its marines and rowers.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is one who fights to defend a place or person, a defender, especially a marine or soldier, and more generally a protector or champion, as in Nepos' “with their single champion removed”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “defender”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a fleet's fighting men.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of a champion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|defender]], a soldier or marine fighting in defence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A protector, [[m|en|champion]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[propugno|alt=prōpugnō]]

+ * [[pugna]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}