danista Latin · revision 33523

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [daˈniːs.ta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [daˈnis.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''danīsta''' ''m'' (genitive danīstae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|δανειστής|tr=daneistḗs|t=moneylender, creditor]],^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) from [[m|grc|δανείζω|tr=daneízō|t=to lend at interest]] and [[m|grc|δάνος|tr=dános|t=loan]].^(Köbler 2010) Köbler connects them with [[ine-pro|*dā-|t=to divide]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found only in Plautus,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) who writes in the ''Epidicus'' of money borrowed at interest from a moneylender.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a word of Plautus' comedies for the moneylender or usurer, used by Plautus in the ''Epidicus'', the ''Mostellaria'' and the ''Pseudolus'';^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) the ordinary Latin word was ''fēnerātor'', which Paulus' epitome of Festus uses to explain it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Plautus also has the adjective ''danīsticus'', for the moneylending kind of people.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it in several comedies.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|moneylender]], [[m|en|usurer]], creditor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[danīsticus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fēnerātor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}