saltator Latin · revision 33432

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''saltātor''' ''m'' (genitive saltātōris, feminine saltātrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|saltō|-tor|t1=to dance]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|saltō]] is the frequentative of [[m|la|saliō#1|t=to jump, leap]],^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*sal-je-|t=to jump]]; he regards the form of the root as uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἅλλομαι|tr=hállomai|t=to jump]] and [[sga|saltraid|t=to trample]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it in the speeches for Murena and for Deiotarus and in ''De officiis''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a dancer, and among the Romans, for whom dancing was thought unseemly, it usually carries contempt.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Cicero uses it in his speeches and in ''De officiis'' and ''De finibus'',^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Quintilian uses it of a mime,^(Conte 2010) and Suetonius and Macrobius use it too.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Medieval writers in Britain used it for dancers, acrobats and tumblers, often together with actors and mimes,^(DMLBS) and it survives in [[it|saltatore]].^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in his speeches and in ''De officiis''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of a mime.^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it in the lives of Caligula and Nero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – Alcuin quotes a warning against bringing actors, mimes and dancers into the house.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|dancer]], usually with contempt.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # A [[m|en|mime]].^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A dancer, [[m|en|acrobat]], [[m|en|tumbler]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[saltō]]

+ * [[saltātiō]]

+ * [[saliō#1]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}