urceolus Latin · revision 36673

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la urceus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ʊrˈke.ɔ.ɫʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [urˈt͡ʃɛː.o.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''urceolus''' ''m'' (genitive urceolī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ The glossaries also have neuter ''urceolum'', ''urciolum'' and ''orciolum''.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|urceus|-olus|t1=pitcher, jug]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) a diminutive.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) The OLD calls [[m|la|urceus]] a loanword related to [[grc|ὕρχη|tr=húrkhē|t=jar]],^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) while Wiktionary derives it from [[m|la|orca|t=tun, cask]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Varro is the earliest author,^(Köbler 2010)^(Georges 1913) in a fragment of his work on the life of the Roman people quoted by Nonius.^(Georges 1913) He uses it for a small pitcher or jug.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 1st century AD it was an ordinary household word: Columella has a pitch-coated ''urceolus'',^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Juvenal lists ''urceolī'' with basins, a frying pan and chamber pots.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In medieval Latin it kept the sense of a small jug or ewer, and in the liturgy it named the cruet.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it for a small pitcher.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella mentions a pitch-coated jug.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal mentions six little jugs.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[m|en|pitcher]] or [[m|en|jug]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A small [[m|en|ewer]]; in liturgical use, a [[m|en|cruet]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[urceolāris]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[urceus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}