gaza Latin · revision 32311

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=grc γάζα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɡaz.za]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɡad.d͡za]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''gaza''' ''f'' (genitive gazae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|γάζα|tr=gáza|t=treasure]], a word of Persian origin.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Saalfeld 1874) Köbler, after Frisk, compares [[pal|ganj]].^(Köbler 2010) Mela and Curtius already say that the Persians call the royal treasury by this name, and Varro counts it among barbarian words.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Lucretius.^(Köbler 2010) Nepos uses it of the royal treasure of Persia.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first the royal treasure of the Persians and of other eastern kings, as Curtius' royal money that the Persians call ''gaza''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Generally it means treasure, riches or wealth, as Cicero speaks of a commander who can keep his hands off gold and royal treasure, and Livy of gifts from Hiero's treasure.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Manilius and Seneca use it of natural deposits, as Seneca's Tagus turbid with Spanish treasure.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein notes that [[divitiae]] and ''gazae'' denote riches in general, while [[ops|alt=opēs]] are means to higher ends.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it riches, treasure.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of the Persian king's treasure.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Curtius of the royal money that the Persians call by this name.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The royal [[m|en|treasure]] or treasury, especially of the Persian king.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Treasure, riches, [[m|en|wealth]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Natural deposits of precious metal.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gazophylacium]]

+ * [[divitiae]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The city of [[Gaza]] in Palestine has the same spelling, from [[grc|Γάζα|tr=Gáza]], which goes back to [[hbo|עַזָּה|tr=ʕazzɔ̂]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}