ferculum Latin · revision 32949

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *bʰer-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfɛr.kʊ.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈfɛr.ku.lum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ferculum''' ''n'' (genitive ferculī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ The uncontracted ''fericulum'' appears in Columella, Seneca and Petronius, and Petronius also has a masculine ''fericulus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ferō|-culum|t1=to carry]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The TLL compares [[grc|φέρετρον|tr=phéretron]],^(TLL) and Priscian already derived it from that verb.^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|ferō]] to [[itc-pro|*fere/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰer-e/o-|t=to carry]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first quotation in the OLD is Cicero's, of triumphal litters left unused;^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Livy.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a frame or stretcher for carrying things, especially in processions: Livy has the spoils of a slain enemy commander carried on a frame made for the purpose, and the images of the gods were borne on such litters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) It is also a tray for food, as Propertius' trays dripping with country riches, and so a dish of food or a course at a meal: Horace has many dishes left over from a great dinner.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it dish, tray, food, a course at a banquet, and bier or litter.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of triumphal litters.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of courses left from a dinner.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of spoils carried on a frame.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius has the form ''fericulus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A frame, [[m|en|litter]] or [[m|en|bier]] for carrying things in processions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A [[m|en|tray]] for food.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A dish of food, a [[m|en|course]] at a meal.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fero|alt=ferō]]

+ * [[feretrum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}