funditor Latin · revision 31852

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1st century BC, Claudius Quadrigarius|origins=la funda}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''funditor''' ''m'' (genitive funditōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a derivative [[der|la|funda|t=sling]], with the ending of [[iānitor]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The origin of [[m|la|funda]] is uncertain: it may go back to ⟨*bʰondʰ-h₂-⟩ “strap”, from [[ine-pro|*bʰendʰ-|t=to bind]], or be a loanword from an unknown language, the source also of [[grc|σφενδόνη|tr=sphendónē|t=sling]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is the historian Claudius Quadrigarius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a soldier armed with a sling, a light-armed slinger, frequent in Caesar and Sallust.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short compare [[iaculātor]] and [[sagittārius]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century BC – Claudius Quadrigarius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of the slingers in his army.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of slingers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|slinger]], a soldier armed with a [[m|en|sling]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[funda]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Medieval Latin has a separate ''funditor'' “founder, caster of metal”,^(Niermeyer 1976) from [[fundō|t=to pour]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}