aegrotus Latin · revision 33545

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=itc-pro *aigro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ae̯ˈɡroː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈɡrɔː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aegrōtus''' (feminine aegrōta, neuter aegrōtum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|aeger|t=sick]], an old formation: the endings ⟨-ōtus⟩ and ⟨-ōtāre⟩ are not productive in Latin.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan suggests ⟨*aigroh1-to-⟩ “with sickness”, built on a noun ⟨*aigro-⟩ that may survive in [[m|la|aegrum|t=distress, grief]].^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary likewise derives it from that noun with an adjective suffix, and calls the exact development uncertain.^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces the adjective to [[itc-pro|*aigro-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) in the ''Curculio'': ''hic qui aegrotus incubat in Aesculapi fano'', this man who lies sick in the temple of Aesculapius.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means sick in body, and as a noun a sick person or patient;^(OLD 2012) Terence says that when we are well we all easily give good advice to the sick, and Cicero quotes the saying that while there is breath there is hope for the sick.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Accius uses it of a sick mind, and Terence of a lovesick one.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that Cicero uses it rarely.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein distinguishes it from [[aeger]], the general word for any illness or distress of mind or body: ''aegrotus'' is someone actually ill in body, and is used of people, while [[morbidus]] is used of animals.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin keeps the sense sick, ill.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of a sick man lying in the temple of Aesculapius.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence, of the sick and of a lovesick mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius, of a sick mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero quotes the saying that the sick have hope while they breathe.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|sick]], ill, diseased in body; as a noun, a sick person, [[m|en|patient]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Sick in mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|lovesick]], pining.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aegrōtō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aeger]]

+ * [[aegritūdō]]

+ * [[morbidus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}