coronarius Latin · revision 36400

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔ.roːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ko.roˈnaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''corōnārius''' (feminine corōnāria, neuter corōnārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions have a nominative plural ''coronaries'' and the spelling ''choronarius''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|corōna|-ārius|t1=garland, crown|t2=adjective suffix]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The noun is a borrowing of [[grc|κορώνη|tr=korṓnē]], a Greek word for several curved or hooked things, among them a kind of crown.^(Wiktionary) The noun “garland maker” is the masculine adjective used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It first appears in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who quotes a land bill that speaks of ''aurum corōnārium'', the gold that provinces and towns presented to a victorious general in place of a golden crown.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Aurum corōnārium'' was the most frequent use: Augustus records in his ''Res gestae'' that he remitted thirty-five thousand pounds of such gold offered by the towns of Italy for his triumphs,^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) and under the emperors it became a levy paid on occasions such as an emperor's accession.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Vitruvius applied ''opus corōnārium'' both to the making of a golden crown and to stucco work on vaults,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) and Pliny the Elder used the adjective of anemones grown for garlands and of a thin copper sheet that gave the crowns of actors the look of gold.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ As a noun it named a maker or seller of garlands, in Pliny, Fronto and inscriptions,^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) and the feminine ''corōnāria'' a woman of that trade.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Medieval writers used the adjective of crowns and coronations,^(MLW) and English records of the early 13th century use ''corōnārius'' for a [[m|en|coroner]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero quotes a bill that mentions ''aurum corōnārium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of the making of a crown and of stucco work.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of garland flowers and, as a noun, of garland makers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 365 AD – A law of the Theodosian Code deals with the crown gold owed by town councillors.^(TLL)

+ * 1203 – An English court record uses ''corōnāriī'' for coroners.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Connected with [[m|en|crown|alt=crowns]] or [[m|en|garland|alt=garlands]] or their making.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Used for making garlands or crowns (of flowers, metal).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''aurum corōnārium'': gold given to a victorious general in place of a crown; later a tax paid to the emperor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(architecture)'' Of a [[m|en|cornice]]; of [[m|en|stucco]] work.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A maker or seller of garlands or crowns.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|coroner]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[corōnāria]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[corōna]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}