allegoria Latin · revision 4018

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Quintilian|origins=grc ἀλληγορία}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [al.leːˈɡɔ.ri.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [al.leˈɡɔː.ri.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''allēgoria''' ''f'' (genitive allēgoriae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἀλληγορία|tr=allēgoría|t=allegory]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Saalfeld 1874) The Greek word is from [[m|grc|ἄλλος|tr=állos|t=other]] and [[m|grc|ἀγορεύω|tr=agoreúō|t=to speak in public]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero still writes it in Greek letters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Quintilian uses it in Latin, saying that a continued metaphor turns into allegory and riddles.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Quintilian about 35–95/96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In rhetoric it was a figure that sets out a thought under an image carried through to the end, which Georges describes as a metaphor extended over several ideas; its native Latin name was ''inversio''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) The Vulgate uses it in Galatians of things said allegorically, and Arnobius writes of explanations of allegories.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Christian and medieval writers used it above all of the allegorical interpretation of Scripture, one of the senses of the text beside the historical, tropological and anagogical, as in Aldhelm.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(MLW)^(DMLBS) Medieval Latin also used it in alchemy.^(MLW) English ''allegory'' came from Old French in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses the Greek word, in Greek letters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian discusses it as a figure of speech.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it in Galatians.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|allegory]], an extended [[m|en|metaphor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|allegorical]] interpretation.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(MLW)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[allēgoricus]]

+ * [[allēgorizō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|allegory]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}