sectator Latin · revision 33402

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *sekʷ-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sɛkˈtaː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [sekˈtaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sectātor''' ''m'' (genitive sectātōris, feminine sectātrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sector#2|-tor|t1=to follow eagerly]], an agent noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan explains [[m|la|sector#2|alt=sector]] as a verb made from ⟨*sekto-⟩, the original past participle of [[m|la|sequor|t=to follow]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*sekʷ-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-e/o-|t=to follow, accompany]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and the OLD record it first in Lucilius,^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) of a person who escorts a patron.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Cicero it is a member of the crowd that went about with a candidate for office, and he mentions the Lex Fabia limiting the number of such followers.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tacitus uses it of a man's retinue, contrasting the follower at home with the companion in public.^(Lewis & Short 1879) After Augustus it also meant the adherent of a teacher or school: Suetonius says of a grammarian that he had not so much pupils as followers, and Aulus Gellius speaks of the followers of Aristotle.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Fronto uses it of a devotee of the liberal arts.^(OLD 2012) In the Vulgate it is someone eager for something, ''sectatorem bonorum operum'', “zealous for good works”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Ecclesiastical Latin it can also mean a pursuer or a member of a sect.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin uses it of a follower of hounds, a huntsman, and of the adherent of a teacher or a way of life.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius, “escort, attendant”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a candidate's followers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius, “follower of a teacher”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 100–170 AD – Fronto, “devotee”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate, “one zealous for good works”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 799 AD – Alcuin, of followers of teachings.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who escorts or attends a patron or candidate, a [[m|en|follower]]; plural, a [[m|en|retinue]], train.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # An [[m|en|adherent]] or disciple of a teacher or school.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A person who seeks after something, a [[m|en|devotee]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A pursuer; a member of a [[m|en|sect]].^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A follower of hounds, a [[m|en|huntsman]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sector#2]]

+ * [[sequor]]

+ * [[secta]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short give [[assectātor]] as a synonym; the feminine is ''sectātrīx''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}