frigidarius Latin · revision 36615

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *sriHǵ-o/es-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [friː.ɡɪˈdaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [fri.d͡ʒiˈdaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''frīgidārius''' (feminine frīgidāria, neuter frīgidārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ The syncopated form ''frīgdārius'' is required by the metre in Lucilius.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|frīgida|-ārius|t1=cold water]],^(OLD 2012) from [[m|la|frīgidus|t=cold]].^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan lists the noun [[m|la|frīgidārium]] under [[m|la|frīgus|t=cold, frost]],^(de Vaan 2008) which goes back to [[itc-pro|*srīgos-]] and [[ine-pro|*sriHǵ-o/es-|t=frost, bitter cold]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ῥῖγος|tr=rhîgos|t=cold, frost]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan records the noun from Lucilius on,^(de Vaan 2008) who speaks of bringing goods into the cold store, ''mercem in frigdāria ferre''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it means holding or bringing cold water: Vitruvius describes three bronze vessels in a bath, one for hot, one for warm and one for cold water,^(TLL) and Petronius has cisterns of cold water.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Younger uses ''cella frīgidāria'' for the cooling room of the baths,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Palladius a cement for cold baths and a pipe for cold water.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)

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+ As a neuter noun, ''frīgidārium'' named the cold room of a bath, from Vitruvius on,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) and in Lucilius a cool place for keeping food.^(Georges 1913)^(TLL) The ''Historia Augusta'' speaks of baths always cooled with snow.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses the plural ''frigdāria'' for a cold store.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of a vessel for cold water and of the cold room of a bath.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * end of 4th/beginning of 5th century AD – Palladius uses it of cement and pipes for cold baths.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or for [[m|en|cold]] water; used for cooling.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''cella frīgidāria'': the cooling room of a [[m|en|bath]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''frīgidārium'': the cold room of a bath, the [[m|en|frigidarium]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

+ # ''frīgidārium'' (plural ''frigdāria''): a cool place for keeping food.^(Georges 1913)^(TLL)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[frīgidārium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}