honorarius Latin · revision 34548

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=la honōs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [hɔ.noːˈraː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [o.noˈraː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''honōrārius''' (feminine honōrāria, neuter honōrārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|honor|-ārius|t1=honour, public office]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan, who files the noun under its older form [[m|la|honōs]], finds no etymology for it beyond Latin.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found first in Cato,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who says that many people gave complimentary wine to praetors and consuls in the provinces, but that he never accepted it.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It described what was given or done as a mark of honour rather than from duty: Cicero has complimentary grain for a governor and an honorary arbitrator, chosen informally by the parties;^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Carneades used to judge a dispute as such an arbitrator.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Cicero also says that instructing is a duty of the orator, delighting a favour, ''delectare honorarium'', and moving the hearers a necessity.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913) Suetonius has games given optionally by magistrates and a cenotaph, ''tumulus honorarius'';^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) inscriptions record the ''summa honoraria'', a voluntary contribution to the treasury, especially by magistrates.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In law it meant derived from public office: Papinian explains the ''ius honorarium'' as the law of the praetors' edicts, named after their office.^(OLD 2012) The neuter [[honōrārium]] became a noun for a gift of honour.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato speaks of complimentary wine for praetors and consuls.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero has an honorary arbitrator.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius writes of games given by magistrates.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 212 AD – Papinian defines the ''ius honorarium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Given or done as a mark of honour, voluntary, [[m|en|complimentary]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) of games, given by magistrates at their own cost.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''arbiter honorarius'': an [[m|en|arbitrator]] chosen informally by the parties.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # Of or derived from public office;^(OLD 2012) ''(law)'' ''ius honorarium'', the law of the praetors' [[m|en|edict|alt=edicts]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|honorary|alt=Honorary]].^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[honōrārium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[honor]]

+ * [[honōrō]]

+ * [[en|honorary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}