monstrator Latin · revision 36437

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=ine-pro *mon-eie-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mōnstrātor''' ''m'' (genitive mōnstrātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|mōnstrō|-tor|t1=to point out, show]], an agent noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan lists that verb among the derivatives of [[m|la|moneō|t=to remind, warn]], through [[m|la|mōnstrum|t=sign, portent]] from ⟨*mone-stro-⟩; he traces that verb to [[itc-pro|*moneje-]] and [[ine-pro|*mon-eie-|t=to make think of, remind]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|मानयति|tr=mānáyati|t=to honour, respect]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Virgil,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Georgics'' calls on the boy who first showed men the curved plough;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short identify him as Triptolemus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a word of poetry and of prose after Augustus.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid uses it of the one who introduced a wicked sacrifice, in the sense of a first teacher or inventor.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Seneca uses it of a guide who shows a guest round unfamiliar cities, and Tacitus of one who points out lodging.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913) In British medieval Latin it is one who shows or reveals: Anselm calls John the Baptist the one who pointed out God.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of the first teacher of the plough.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of the introducer of a sacrifice.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a guide to unknown cities.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it in the ''Germania''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who points out the way, a [[m|en|guide]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # One who shows something for the first time, a [[m|en|demonstrator]], [[m|en|inventor]] or teacher.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' One who reveals.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mōnstrō]]

+ * [[mōnstrum]]

+ * [[moneō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}