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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=grc θύος}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [tuːˈrɪ.bʊ.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [tuˈriː.bu.lum]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''tūribulum''' ''n'' (genitive tūribulī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Also spelled ''thūribulum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|tūs|-bulum|t1=frankincense]].^(OLD 2012)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)^(Köbler 2010) [[m|la|tūs]] is an adaptation of [[grc|θύος|tr=thúos]].^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler records it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it in the Verrine speeches.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Classical Latin it is a vessel in which [[m|en|incense]] is burnt: Livy writes of censers set before the doors, Curtius of silver censers carried by attendants.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Vitruvius and Germanicus use it for the southern constellation also called ''Āra'', “the Altar”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the Church it became the swinging [[m|en|censer]] of the liturgy,^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Niermeyer 1976) and medieval writers in Britain use it both of the censer and figuratively.^(DMLBS) It lives on in Italian ''turibolo''.^(Conte 2010)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in the Verrine speeches.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it for the constellation Ara.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy writes of censers set before doors.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Curtius writes of silver censers carried by attendants.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A vessel in which [[m|en|incense]] is burnt, a [[m|en|censer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A [[m|en|thurible]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # The southern [[m|en|constellation]] Ara, the Altar.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[tūs]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}