hereditarius Latin · revision 33163

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=itc-pro *χērēd-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [heː.reː.dɪˈtaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [e.re.diˈtaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''hērēditārius''' (feminine hērēditāria, neuter hērēditārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|hērēditās|-ārius|t1=inheritance]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[m|la|hērēditās]] is from [[m|la|hērēs|t=heir]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*χērēd-]]; he finds most likely Nussbaum's view that it is a noun made from an adjective [[ine-pro|*ǵʰeh₁ro-|t=derelict]], the same as [[grc|χῆρος|tr=khêros]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler finds it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Pro Quinctio'' speaks of being cheated in a partnership arising from an inheritance, and in the ''Verrines'' of property acquired or inherited.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is connected with an inheritance, as Cicero's partnership and an auction of an estate, Quintilian's lawsuits over inheritances and the jurists' debtors to an estate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is then inherited, as a surname or Curtius' hereditary rule,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and, by extension, handed down as if by inheritance, as Cicero's quaestorship passed from one man to another and Livy's war left by a father.^(OLD 2012) In Medieval Latin it can describe a person who inherits or whose status is hereditary, and estates held in full ownership.^(Niermeyer 1976) Stelten gives “original, hereditary”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|hereditary]] comes from it and dates from the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a partnership from an inheritance and of property received by inheritance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of a war passed down by a father.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – Of persons and estates, hereditary; allodial.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ * early 15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|hereditary]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or connected with an [[m|en|inheritance]] or succession.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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

+ # Handed down as if by inheritance.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of a person, inheriting; having a hereditary status; of estates, [[m|en|allodial]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hērēditās]]

+ * [[hērēs]]

+ * [[hērēdium]]

+ * [[en|hereditary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}