piraticus Latin · revision 33168

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=grc πεῖρα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [piːˈraː.tɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [piˈraː.ti.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pīrāticus''' (feminine pīrātica, neuter pīrāticum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|πειρατικός|tr=peiratikós|t=piratical]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) It belongs with [[m|la|pīrāta|t=pirate]], from [[m|grc|πειρατής|tr=peiratḗs]], which Wiktionary derives from [[m|grc|πεῖρα|tr=peîra|t=trial, attempt]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it first in Varro, Cicero and Livy;^(TLL) Varro's ''De re rustica'' recalls the time when he commanded fleets in the war against the pirates.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is of or belonging to pirates, as Cicero's captured pirate galley, and of the pirate war.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) In verse it occurs only once or twice each in Lucan, Claudian and Sidonius;^(TLL) Lucan's ''laurea pīrātica'' is the triumph over the pirates.^(Lewis & Short 1879) As a noun ''pīrātica'' is piracy.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler lists a further use from about 1250 in Latham.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro, of the war against the pirates.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a pirate ship.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 39–65 AD – Lucan, of victories over pirates.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or belonging to [[m|en|pirate|alt=pirates]], [[m|en|piratical]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Involving pirates, against pirates.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pīrātica]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pīrāta]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}