pabulator Latin · revision 34598

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 50 BC, Caesar|origins=ine-pro *peh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pābulātor''' ''m'' (genitive pābulātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pābulor|-tor|t1=to graze, forage]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The verb comes from [[m|la|pābulum|t=fodder]], which de Vaan derives from [[m|la|pāscō|t=to feed, pasture]];^(de Vaan 2008) that family goes back to [[itc-pro|*pāþlo-]] and [[ine-pro|*peh₂-|t=to protect, herd]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It first appears in Caesar,^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL) as a military term for soldiers sent out to collect fodder: in the ''Gallic War'' the enemy “flew at the foragers from all sides” (''ex omnibus partibus ad pabulatores advolaverunt hostes'').^(TLL)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it is a word of military writers: Caesar, Hirtius and Livy use it of foragers sent out from an army.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) A glossary explains it instead as a herdsman who supplies fodder to the oxen.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ Medieval British writers used it for anyone who seeks or provides fodder or food, especially for horses;^(DMLBS) William of Poitiers has it of foragers.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of foragers in the ''Gallic War'' and the ''Civil War''.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Hirtius uses it of foragers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of foragers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(military)'' A [[m|en|forager]], a soldier sent to collect [[m|en|fodder]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(glossaries)'' A [[m|en|herdsman]] who supplies fodder.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' One who seeks or provides fodder or food, especially for horses.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pābulātōrius]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}