defector Latin · revision 34391

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=98–115 AD, Tacitus|origins=la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deːˈfɛk.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈfɛk.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēfector''' ''m'' (genitive dēfectōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dēficiō|-tor|t1=to fail; to revolt]], an agent noun.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) De Vaan lists [[m|la|dēficiō]] among the compounds of [[m|la|faciō|t=to make, do]], whose stem he traces, probably, to [[ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL's first example is in the prologues to Pompeius Trogus, followed by Tacitus;^(TLL) Köbler first records it in Tacitus,^(Köbler 2010) who writes of vengeance prepared against the rebels (''parāta in dēfectōrēs ultiōne'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It names one who abandons his allegiance, a [[m|en|rebel]] or [[m|en|deserter]]; it is post-Augustan and mostly plural.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Tacitus uses it of rebels against whom revenge was prepared and of people who had also been rebels against his father, and Suetonius and Justin use it too.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Conte 2010) Georges gives Greek [[m|grc|ἀποστάτης|tr=apostátēs]] as its equivalent.^(Georges 1913) In medieval Latin the chronicle of Regino uses it of those who had broken away from a king or emperor, and the MLW also records the sense of one who deposes another.^(MLW)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of rebels.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who revolts or falls away, a [[m|en|rebel]], [[m|en|deserter]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' One who deposes another.^(MLW)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}