celebratus Latin · revision 33182

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''celebrātus''' (feminine celebrāta, neuter celebrātum); comparative celebrātior, superlative celebrātissimus; first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle [[der|la|celebrō|t=to throng; to celebrate; to make known]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan thinks [[m|la|celebrō]] was back-formed from [[m|la|concelebrō]], itself made from [[m|la|celeber|t=crowded, frequented]], whose etymology he calls unknown; a link with [[m|la|calō#1|t=to call out]], suggested by Bader, is possible.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler finds it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Pro Flacco'' asks what is so worn and common in Greek speech as a certain saying.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first senses follow the verb: thronged or crowded, as Sallust's market that was the busiest in the kingdom, and marked by crowds or festivities, as Livy's popular thanksgiving.^(OLD 2012) It then means famous or distinguished, as Sallust's rock that the neighbours call by the name of the famous Scylla and Pliny the Elder's celebrated authors.^(OLD 2012) Widely known and talked about, it is used by Cicero of matters on everyone's lips, and Gellius says one word is commoner than another.^(OLD 2012) Quintilian and Tacitus use it of what is popular or esteemed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a common saying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust, of a crowded market and a famous name.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of a festive thanksgiving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius, of a word in common use.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|throng|alt=Thronged]], crowded.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Marked by crowds or [[m|en|festivity|alt=festivities]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|celebrated|alt=Celebrated]], famous, distinguished.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Widely known, current, common; much talked about; popular, esteemed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[celebrō]]

+ * [[celeber]]

+ * [[celebritās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}