petauristarius Latin · revision 36761

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=before 66 AD, Petronius|origins=grc πεταυριστής}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛ.tau̯.rɪsˈtaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [pe.tau̯.risˈtaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''petauristārius''' ''m'' (genitive petauristāriī or petauristārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|petauristēs|-ārius|t1=acrobat]],^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) a Latin extension of the borrowed noun,^(Georges 1913) which renders [[grc|πεταυριστής|tr=petauristḗs]].^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)^(Wiktionary) Köbler connects the Greek word with [[m|grc|πέταυρον|tr=pétauron|t=frame for rope-dancers; hen-roost]] and [[m|grc|πέτομαι|alt=πέτεσθαι|tr=pétesthai|t=to fly]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Petronius, who uses it three times in the dinner scene of the ''Satyricon''.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) When three white pigs are led into the dining room, the narrator thinks that acrobats have come in with pigs that will perform some marvels.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It named an acrobat who performed on the [[petaurum]], an apparatus like a trapeze.^(OLD 2012) Apart from Petronius it occurs in Firmicus Maternus' astrological work, the ''Mathesis''.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it of acrobats at a dinner.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 334/337 AD – Firmicus Maternus uses it in the ''Mathesis''.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|acrobat]] performing on the [[petaurum]]; a [[m|en|tumbler]], rope-dancer.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The shorter forms ''petauristēs'' (in Varro) and ''petaurista'' (in Aelius Stilo, quoted by Festus) have the same meaning.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}