cedrus Latin · revision 33656

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=86–34 BC, Sallust|origins=grc κέδρος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkɛ.drʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈt͡ʃɛː.drus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cedrus''' ''f'' (genitive cedrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|κέδρος|tr=kédros|t=cedar, juniper]],^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) a Greek word of uncertain origin;^(Etymonline) Köbler compares a root [[ine-pro|*ked-|t=to smoke]].^(Köbler 2010) The TLL and Wiktionary compare [[m|la|citrus]].^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Isidore explained the Greek name as the moisture of a burning tree.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Sallust,^(Köbler 2010) who describes naphtha as a kind of oil like cedar oil.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the cedar or juniper, a tree with fragrant wood whose oil protects from decay;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder distinguishes a Lycian and a Phoenician kind.^(OLD 2012) Vitruvius and Columella use it of the tree.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also cedarwood: Virgil advises burning fragrant cedar in the stables.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The oil or resin of the cedar was used to preserve books and in medicine.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin has it as the cedar tree.^(Stelten 1995) ''Cedrus'' also occurs as a Roman cognomen in inscriptions.^(TLL) English [[m|en|cedar]] comes from it: late Old English ''ceder'', blended in Middle English with Old French ''cedre''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust, of cedar oil.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius, of the tree.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of fragrant cedarwood.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder, of Lycian and Phoenician cedar.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|cedar]] or [[m|en|juniper]] tree.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Cedarwood.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Cedar oil, used to preserve books and in medicine.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cedrinus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cedrelatē]]

+ * [[cedria]]

+ * [[cedris]]

+ * [[cedrium]]

+ * [[citrus]]

+ * [[en|cedar]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}