oblectamentum Latin · revision 32299

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔb.ɫɛk.taːˈmɛn.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ob.lek.taˈmɛn.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oblectāmentum''' ''n'' (genitive oblectāmentī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|oblectō|-mentum|t1=to delight, amuse]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists [[m|la|oblectō]] among the compounds of a verb [[m|la|lactō|t=to entice]], which goes with [[m|la|laciō]] and the stem [[itc-pro|*lak-|t=to draw, pull]].^(de Vaan 2008) The TLL compares [[dēlectāmentum]], made in the same way from [[m|la|dēlectō]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler finds it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who calls farming the rest and delight of old age.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a source or object of pleasure or amusement, with a genitive of the person delighted or the thing: Cicero speaks of the delights of boys and of the delights and comforts of slavery, and Pliny the Elder of things that please the palate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The plural is far more common than the singular.^(TLL) An ancient list of word distinctions says that oblectamentum is the thing that delights, while [[oblectatio|alt=oblectātiō]] is the act of delighting.^(TLL) In Church Latin it is glossed pleasure, amusement and allurement.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the delights of old age, of boys and of slaves.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A source of [[m|en|delight]], pleasure or [[m|en|amusement]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' An allurement.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}