tabulatum Latin · revision 32264

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=la tabula}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tabulātum''' ''n'' (genitive tabulātī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tabula|-ātus|t1=board, plank]], used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan calls the origin of [[m|la|tabula]] uncertain: from [[itc-pro|*taþlā-|t=board]] it might be a root *ta- with an instrument suffix, perhaps [[m|ine-pro|*teh₂-|t=to stand]], so “that which stands”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Ennius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Annals'' tell how masts are split and platforms and towers are made.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a floor or platform of boards, and the boarded deck of a ship.^(OLD 2012) Caesar uses it of the storeys of a tower of four floors, and it is used of storeys of buildings and siege towers.^(OLD 2012) Of trees it is a tier formed by horizontal branches, as Pliny the Elder's birds that choose the tiers of branches to hold a nest, especially those used for training vines.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin glosses it board, floor of a building, platform.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of platforms built from masts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of a tower of four storeys.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of tiers of branches.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A floor or [[m|en|platform]] of boards; the deck of a ship.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A floor or [[m|en|storey]] of a building or tower.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A tier of horizontal branches of a tree, especially for training vines.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tabula]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}