repositorium Latin · revision 33534

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=4 BC–65 AD, Seneca|origins=la pōnō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''repositōrium''' ''n'' (genitive repositōriī or repositōrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ A syncopated form ''repostōrium'' appears in the ''Historia Augusta''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|repōnō|-tōrium|t1=to put back, store]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) a noun for a thing on or in which something is placed, made from the stem of the participle ⟨repositus⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) De Vaan explains [[m|la|pōnō|t=to put, place]] as an old compound ⟨*po-sinō⟩ “put down”, related to [[m|la|sinō|t=to let, leave]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Seneca,^(Köbler 2010) who, like Petronius and Pliny the Elder, uses it of the stand on which the courses of a meal were brought to the table.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it is the serving stand of a Roman dinner;^(OLD 2012) Georges describes it as a tall, tiered piece of furniture, each tier carrying one course.^(Georges 1913) It also served as a general word for a place where things are kept: a cabinet for valuables in the ''Historia Augusta'',^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) a storehouse in Augustine,^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) and a tomb in Julius Valerius.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Isidore and the scholia on Horace use it to explain ''apothēca'' and ''grānārium''.^(Georges 1913) Medieval Latin kept the senses of treasure chest, storehouse and tomb.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary) English took ''repository'' in the late 15th century, from French or directly from the Late Latin word in the sense “store”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a serving stand.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius describes the stands at a banquet.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder mentions it several times.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Late Latin – Augustine uses it of a storehouse.^(Georges 1913)

+ * 2nd quarter of the 9th century – Walahfrid Strabo uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|repository]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|stand]] or [[m|en|tray]] on which the courses of a meal were carried to the table.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A [[m|en|cabinet]] or [[m|en|repository]]; a [[m|en|storehouse]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A [[m|en|tomb]].^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A treasure chest; a storehouse; a tomb.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[repōnō]]

+ * [[pōnō]]

+ * [[en|repository]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}