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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *bʰeidʰ-e/o-}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''foederātus''' (feminine foederāta, neuter foederātum); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)
+ The Senate's decree on the Bacchanalia has the old spelling ''foideratei''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|foedus|-ātus|t1=treaty]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan places [[m|la|foedus]] among the derivatives of [[m|la|fīdō|t=to trust]], from [[itc-pro|*feiþ-os-|t=trust]], and traces the root to [[ine-pro|*bʰeidʰ-e/o-|t=to trust]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|πείθομαι|tr=peíthomai|t=to be convinced, obey]] and [[sq|besë|t=faith]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of states bound by treaty to Rome.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It names a class of allies bound to Rome by treaty, federated peoples or states, as Cicero's “the federated and pacified soil of the Mamertines”.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) As a noun, ''foederati'' are the allies, and Cicero calls a man the patron of treaties and of allies.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Livy uses it figuratively, of having nothing in alliance with someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Suetonius has federated peoples, and Church Latin glosses it “united, allied, federated”.^(Georges 1913)^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of federated states and their patrons.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy figuratively.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius of federated peoples.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Bound by [[m|en|treaty]] to Rome, [[m|en|federate|alt=federated]], allied.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # ''(figurative)'' In alliance, joined.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ 
+ ===Noun===
+ # ''(masculine plural)'' The [[m|en|ally|alt=allies]], the federated peoples.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[foederaticus]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[foedus]]
+ * [[fido|alt=fīdō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}