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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la theātrum}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [tʰe.aːˈtraː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [te.aˈtraː.lis]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''theātrālis''' (neuter theātrāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|theātrum|-ālis|t1=theatre]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ It is first found in Cicero, of gatherings in the theatre and at gladiatorial shows.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Classical Latin it means relating to the theatre: Velleius speaks of a riot in the theatre, Tacitus of the hired applauders (''theātrālēs operae'') and of stage arts, Suetonius of licence in the theatre,^(OLD 2012) and Pliny the Elder of the law of Roscius on seating there, and of mountains curved like a theatre.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Quintilian gives it the sense of stagy, theatrical, of the habit of praising one another indiscriminately.^(OLD 2012) Sidonius uses it of low, vulgar talk.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)
+ 
+ Later writers used it of theatrical shows and plays.^(Georges 1913) In British Medieval Latin it was used of theatrical pomp and spectacles, and of performers.^(DMLBS)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of gatherings in the theatre.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius speaks of a riot in the theatre.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it in the sense of stagy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus mentions the hired applauders of the theatre.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 639–709 AD – Aldhelm describes theatrical processions.^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of or relating to the [[m|en|theatre]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # [[m|en|stagy|alt=Stagy]], [[m|en|theatrical]]; feigned.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(Late Latin)'' Low, vulgar.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}