aeratus Latin · revision 32351

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *h₂ei-os}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ae̯ˈraː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈraː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aerātus''' (feminine aerāta, neuter aerātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|aes|-ātus|t1=bronze, copper]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short note that Priscian speaks of a verb ⟨aerō⟩ beside ⟨aurō⟩, from which he derives this adjective and [[m|la|aurātus|t=gilded]], but no example of it survives.^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|aes]] to [[itc-pro|*ajos]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂ei-os|t=bronze]], comparing [[xum|ahesnes|t=made of bronze]] and [[sa|अयस्|tr=áyas-|t=metal, iron]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius has it first, of a bronze-fitted ship, as Varro quotes him.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means fitted or decorated with bronze or brass: Varro explains the name of a Roman gate as from its bronze fittings, and Caesar mentions ships fitted with bronze.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Virgil uses it of bronze-clad battle lines.^(OLD 2012) It is also made of bronze, as Varro's bronze fetters, and in Ennius it is said of the ringing sound of bronze helmets.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary notes a sarcastic use of it for a rich man.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of a bronze-fitted ship.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of the clang of helmets.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of bronze-fitted ships.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of bronze-clad troops.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Fitted or decorated with [[m|en|bronze]] or [[m|en|brass]]; of troops, bronze-clad.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Made of bronze, [[m|en|brazen]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of sounds, made by bronze.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}