lator Latin · revision 33376

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *tlh2-to-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lātor''' ''m'' (genitive lātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ferō|-tor|t1=to carry, bring; to propose (a law)]], formed on the participle stem ⟨lāt-⟩ of that verb.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives the participle from [[itc-pro|*tlāto-]] and [[ine-pro|*tlh2-to-|t=lifted]], from the root also found in [[m|la|tollō|t=to lift]]; the present [[m|la|ferō]] has another root, [[ine-pro|*bher-e/o-|t=to carry]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Cicero on;^(TLL) he speaks of the proposer of the Sempronian law, ''lator legis Semproniae''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the proposer or mover of a law or resolution:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Caesar speaks of the boldness of the proposers, ''latorum audacia'', and Livy and Quintilian also use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Cicero has ''suffragii lator'' for a voter,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and Paulus' epitome of Festus explains Jupiter's title ''Opitulus'' as ''opis lator'', bringer of help.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) In poetry the TLL finds it only in Paulinus of Nola and Dracontius.^(TLL) In Church Latin it is a bearer,^(Stelten 1995) and in medieval Latin a courier or messenger, especially the bearer of a letter, as in the formularies and the law of the Bavarians.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010) It passed into Italian as [[m|it|latore]].^(Conte 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of the proposer of a law and of a voter.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar, of the proposers of laws.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of the proposer of a bill.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The proposer or mover of a [[m|en|law]] or resolution.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''suffragiī lātor'': a [[m|en|voter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # A [[m|en|bearer]], bringer.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|courier]], messenger; the bearer of a letter.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ferō]]

+ * [[tollō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}