notarius Latin · revision 36659

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 35–95/96 AD, Quintilian|origins=la nota}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''notārius''' ''m'' (genitive notāriī or notārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nota|-ārius|t1=mark, shorthand sign]].^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler finds it first in Quintilian,^(Köbler 2010) where it means a shorthand writer.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Pliny the Younger and Martial use it of the shorthand writer,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) and Pliny also of a secretary who takes down what he has composed: ''notarium voco et quae formaverim dicto'' (“I call my secretary and dictate what I have composed”).^(Lewis & Short 1879) Georges cites it for a teacher of shorthand.^(Georges 1913) Ammianus Marcellinus uses it of a secretary,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and in Late Latin it named the clerks of the imperial offices.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ In Medieval Latin a ''notārius'' was a clerk of the papal or royal chancery, the ''summus notārius'' being the chancellor, or of a count's court, a bishopric or a monastery;^(Niermeyer 1976) in Lombard Italy the ''notārius rēgis'' became an independent public official who drew up deeds, and the ''notārius pūblicus'' was the notary.^(Niermeyer 1976) British writers from Aldhelm on use it of a scribe or amanuensis,^(DMLBS) and the adjective appears in ''ars notāria'', shorthand or cipher.^(DMLBS) English took the word as ''notary'' around 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of a shorthand writer.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of a shorthand writer.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus Marcellinus uses it of a secretary.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 639–709 AD – Aldhelm uses it of scribes taking dictation.^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English borrows it as ''notary'', a clerk or secretary.^(Etymonline)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''notary'' takes the sense of an official who authenticates legal documents.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|stenographer]], shorthand writer.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|secretary]], clerk, amanuensis.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A clerk in the imperial offices.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A clerk of a chancery, a court, a bishopric or a monastery;^(Niermeyer 1976) ''summus notārius'', a chancellor.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A public [[m|en|notary]] (''notārius pūblicus'').^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of a secretary;^(DMLBS)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''ars notāria'', shorthand or cipher.^(DMLBS)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[notaria]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nota]]

+ * [[en|notary]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short give [[āctuārius]] as a synonym.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The feminine ''notāria'' meant the art of writing in Fulgentius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) In medieval texts ''ars notāria'' was often confused with ''ars notōria'', a book of magic.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}