spatior Latin · revision 32194

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈspa.ti.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈspat.t͡si.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''spatior''' (present infinitive spatiārī, perfect active spatiātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|spatium|t=space, room, distance]], with the verbal ending ⟨-ō⟩, a deponent verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan finds no sure etymology for [[m|la|spatium]]: a derivation from a participle meaning fattened, extended is possible but cannot be confirmed, and a link with [[m|la|pateō|t=to be open]] is difficult.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest example is a verse inscription addressing the passing traveller who walks by with a carefree mind.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it in the ''Pro Roscio Amerino'' of a man who sat down and then walked about.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to take a walk or stroll, especially slowly, as Cicero's walk in a colonnade, Horace's on the sunny rampart, and Propertius' and Ovid's in the shade of Pompey's portico.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that it denotes walking in open space, as a stroll out of doors, where [[ambulo|alt=ambulō]] is a leisurely walk up and down.^(Döderlein 1874) In poetry it is also to move along or proceed, as Virgil's Dido walking before the altars and his crow pacing alone on the dry sand.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of things it means to spread out, as Ovid's spreading wings and Pliny the Elder's roots spreading near the surface.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to walk about, promenade.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of walking about.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of Dido walking before the altars.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of a stroll on the rampart.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of spreading wings.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of roots spreading.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To walk about, especially slowly; to [[m|en|stroll]], [[m|en|promenade]]; to move along, proceed.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of things, to spread out, be extended, expand.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[expatior]]

+ * [[exspatior]]

+ * [[spatiātor]]

+ * [[spatiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[spatium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}