emendator Latin · revision 34541

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la mendum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēmendātor''' ''m'' (genitive ēmendātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ēmendō|-tor|t1=to correct]].^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) The verb is formed from [[m|la|ex-]] and [[m|la|menda|t=fault, blemish]],^(OLD 2012) which de Vaan takes to be based on the old plural of [[m|la|mendum]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL) who calls a man the corrector and reformer of the state, ''corrector atque emendator nostrae civitatis''.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero also uses it of a corrector of everyday speech, and Pliny the Younger of a reformer of the senate and, of fear, “the harshest corrector”.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) The TLL notes that it is often said ironically or of someone who takes the role of corrector on himself.^(TLL) Gellius uses it of correctors of manuscripts, who wrote ''stetisses'' for ''stitisses'', and the Vulgate has it in the Book of Wisdom.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Royal letters of the 13th century use it of the supervisors of a truce.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a reformer of the state and a corrector of speech.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of correctors of manuscripts.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it in the Book of Wisdom.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1215 – A royal letter is addressed to the supervisors of a truce with France.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|corrector]], [[m|en|reformer]] of persons or things.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # One who corrects texts, an [[m|en|emender]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A supervisor of a [[m|en|truce]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[emendatorius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ēmendō]]

+ * [[ēmendātiō]]

+ * [[corrēctor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}