obiurgator Latin · revision 36519

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obiūrgātor''' ''m'' (genitive obiūrgātōris); third declension^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|obiūrgō|-tor|t1=to rebuke]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It first appears in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL) who says in the ''Verrines'' that a man open to blame himself is not to be borne as an accuser, nor even as a critic.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero also speaks of “this critic of ours” and of friendly critics whom he wants to placate, as against envious detractors.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The elder Seneca has ''obiūrgātor nostrī'', with an objective genitive,^(Conte 2010) and the younger Seneca calls Epicurus a critic of Stilbo.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) Apuleius uses it like an adjective in ''patruus obiūrgātor'', a scolding uncle.^(Georges 1913)^(TLL)

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+ Augustine says that one who rebukes loves even when he strikes.^(TLL) Macrobius calls Sallust a stern critic and censor of others' luxury.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) In medieval Britain it also meant a quarrelsome person: an Oxford record of 1447 calls a man a common scold who often broke the peace.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a critic or reprover.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca calls Epicurus a critic of Stilbo.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of a scolding uncle.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st half of 5th century AD – Macrobius calls Sallust a critic of luxury.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1447 – An Oxford university record uses it of a common scold.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who rebukes or [[m|en|reprove|alt=reproves]], a [[m|en|critic]], [[m|en|detractor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(attributive)'' Scolding: ''patruus obiūrgātor'', a scolding uncle.^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A quarrelsome person, a [[m|en|scold]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obiurgātōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[obiūrgō]]

+ * [[obiūrgātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}