trapezita Latin · revision 33208

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=grc τράπεζα}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trapezīta''' ''m'' (genitive trapezītae); first declension^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Also ''tarpezīta'', the form the OLD enters, and ''tarpessīta''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|τραπεζίτης|tr=trapezítēs|t=money-changer, banker]],^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) from [[m|grc|τράπεζα|tr=trápeza|t=table]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first,^(Köbler 2010) in the ''Captivi'', ''Curculio'', ''Epidicus'' and ''Trinummus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a money-changer or banker, a Greek word that Lewis & Short set beside the Latin ''argentārius''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) In medieval Latin it can also be a minter of coins.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of bankers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – A minter.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|money changer|alt=money-changer]], [[m|en|banker]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|minter]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[argentārius]]

+ * [[mēnsārius]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}