aedificium Latin · revision 3837

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ae̯.dɪˈfɪ.ki.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [e.diˈfiː.t͡ʃi.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aedificium''' ''n'' (genitive aedificiī or aedificī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|aedificō|-ium|t1=to build]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb is formed from [[aedes|alt=aedēs]] “dwelling” with [[m|la|-ficō]], from [[facio|alt=faciō]] “to make”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''Aedēs'' is [[m|itc-pro|*aiþ-|t=fireplace]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂(e)idh-|t=burning]], and first meant the fireplace, then the room with a fireplace.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero (81–43 BC).^(Köbler 2010) Cicero writes of building on another man's land.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a building of any kind, even one not fit to live in, while ''aedes'' was a dwelling.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy writes of ''aedes aedificiaque'', houses and other buildings, and Cicero of public and private, sacred and profane buildings.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In medieval Latin it also meant a church building, a barn, a stall or a fortification.^(Köbler 2010) English ''edifice'' came from it through Old French in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of public and private buildings.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy pairs ''aedes'' and ''aedificia''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''edifice'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|building]], [[m|en|edifice]], structure.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aedificialis]]

+ * [[aedificiolum]]

+ * [[superaedificium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aedes]]

+ * [[en|edifice]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein says ''aedificium'' is the general term for buildings of all kinds, while ''domus'' and ''aedes'' mean a dwelling-house.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}