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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=itc-pro *auksla-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈoːl.la], [ˈoːl.laː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɔl.la], [ˈɔl.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ōlla''' ''f'' (genitive ōllae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ The older spelling ''aula'' (rarely ''aulla'') is regular in Plautus and is also found in Naevius and Cato.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

+ The spelling ''ōla'' appears in an inscription.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*auksla-]], through the older Latin form [[m|la|aulla|alt=aul(l)a]], which is regular in Naevius, Plautus and Cato; ⟨olla⟩ is found after Cato.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The diminutive [[m|la|auxilla|t=small jar]] shows the lost /ks/.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan compares [[sa|उखा|tr=ukhā́-|t=boiler, pan]], [[grc|ἰπνός|tr=ipnós|t=furnace]] and [[gem-pro|*úχna-|t=oven]], but doubts that they can all be traced to one preform;^(de Vaan 2008) Latin and Germanic may share a substrate word.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records ''olla'' from Cato,^(Köbler 2010) who has grapes stored in pots among the skins of pressed grapes: ''uvae in olla in vinaceis conduntur''.^(OLD 2012) The older ''aula'' appears in Naevius and Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) whose ''Aulularia'' is named after a pot of money.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a pot or jar, especially for cooking,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and also one for preserving grapes.^(OLD 2012) Cicero speaks of filling a pot with denarii, and Juvenal of great pots steaming with porridge.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In inscriptions it is a cinerary urn holding the ashes of the dead.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It appears in proverbs: Catullus quotes the saying that the pot picks its own vegetables, ''ipsa olera olla legit'', and in Petronius a pot shared with partners boils badly, ''olla male fervet''.^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin has ''ollae carnium'', the fleshpots.^(Stelten 1995) It lives on in [[m|ca|olla]], [[m|it|olla]] and [[m|fro|ole]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius has the older form ''aula''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus names his ''Aulularia'' after a pot of money.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato, of pots for preserving grapes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a pot filled with denarii.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses the proverb of the badly boiling pot.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|pot]] or [[m|en|jar]], especially for cooking.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A jar for preserving grapes.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A cinerary [[m|en|urn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' ''ollae carnium'': the [[m|en|fleshpot|alt=fleshpots]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aulicoctus]]

+ * [[auxilla]]

+ * [[ollāris]]

+ * [[ōllārius]]

+ * [[ollicoquus]]

+ * [[ollicula]]

+ * [[ollula]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Paulus' epitome of Festus says that the ancients called pots ''aulae'' because they did not double letters, and that entrails cooked in pots were called ''aulicocia''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}