praeconium Latin · revision 33146

20 Oct 2026, 06:55 by bogdan “Latin la10k batch la75zq/b08” current version
Initial text

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *deiḱ-}}
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''praecōnium''' ''n'' (genitive praecōniī or praecōnī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|praecō|-ium|t1=herald, crier, auctioneer]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan explains [[m|la|praecō]] by syncope from ⟨*praidikō⟩, a compound of [[m|la|prae-]] and the root of [[m|la|dīcō#2|t=to say]], which he traces to [[ine-pro|*deiḱ-e/o-|t=to show]].^(de Vaan 2008)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus uses it in the ''Menaechmi'', where a man asks to be given the job of auctioneer,^(OLD 2012) and Cato of an auctioneer's fee in the ''De agri cultura''.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Its first sense is the office and business of a crier or auctioneer, and his fee.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) From the crier's calling out it came to mean public announcing or proclaiming, as Cicero has of a fool gathering witnesses to his folly by announcing it at home, and a public report, as Ovid says of the winged reports of fame.^(OLD 2012) Cicero also uses it of publicity that brings praise, as the praise Homer gave Achilles.^(OLD 2012) In Christian Latin it is praise and glory, especially the praise of God, and a glorious deed,^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995) and Stelten gives also “publishing, making known”.^(Stelten 1995)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of the office of auctioneer.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato, of an auctioneer's fee.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of publicity and praise.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid, of the reports of fame.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The office or business of a public crier or [[m|en|auctioneer]]; an auctioneer's fee.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # A public announcing, [[m|en|proclamation]]; a report.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Publicity, commendation, [[m|en|praise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Praise of God; glory; a glorious deed.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[praeconialis]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[praecō]]
+ * [[dīcō#2]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}