diatriba Latin · revision 4089

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Gellius|origins=grc διατριβή}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [diˈa.trɪ.ba]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈaː.tri.ba]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''diatriba''' ''f'' (genitive diatribae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|διατριβή|tr=diatribḗ|t=pastime; study; discourse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The Greek word is from [[m|grc|διατρίβω|tr=diatríbō|t=to rub away, spend time]].^(Etymonline)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Aulus Gellius uses it of the school where he questioned the philosopher Taurus.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Gellius about 165 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Gellius it meant a learned discussion and, by transfer, a school of philosophy or rhetoric, as of Aristotle choosing a successor for his school.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(TLL) Glosses explain it as conflicts, disagreements or disputations.^(TLL)

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+ Medieval British sources used it of a school for rhetoric and of a critical dissertation.^(DMLBS) English ''diatribe'' is recorded in the 1640s, earlier in its Latin form from the 1580s, first for a continued discourse.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of a philosopher's school.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English uses the Latin form ''diatriba''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1640s – English ''diatribe'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A learned [[m|en|discussion]], discourse.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # A [[m|en|school]] of philosophy or rhetoric.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A critical dissertation, [[m|en|diatribe]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|diatribe]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}