essedarius Latin · revision 34699

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''essedārius''' ''m'' (genitive essedāriī or essedārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription has the spelling ''assidarius''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|essedum|-ārius|t1=war chariot]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The OLD calls [[m|la|essedum]] Gallic, apparently from [[xtg|*ensedon]], made of “in” and the root “sit”;^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary instead derives it from [[xtg|asseda]] and [[cel-pro|*eks-dī-sedo-]], with the root of [[ine-pro|*sed-|t=to sit]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It first appears in Cicero, in a letter,^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and in Caesar's ''Gallic War'', of warriors who fight from a war chariot.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the chariot-fighters of Gaul and Britain the name passed to a class of [[m|en|gladiator]] in the Roman games, found in Petronius, Suetonius and inscriptions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Petronius also uses the feminine ''essedāria'' as an adjective, of a woman.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero mentions essedarii in a letter.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of warriors fighting from chariots.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it of a gladiator.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A warrior who fights from a war [[m|en|chariot]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|gladiator]] who fights from a chariot.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}