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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la laurus}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɫau̯.reˈaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [lau̯.reˈaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''laureātus''' (feminine laureāta, neuter laureātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|laurea|-ātus|t1=laurel crown]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) ''Laurea'' is from [[laurus]] “laurel”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Cicero, in the Pro Murena, speaks of a laurelled image, and elsewhere of laurelled lictors and fasces.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant adorned with or wearing laurel, especially as a sign of victory: laurelled fasces and lictors of a victorious general, and Livy's laurelled legions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) ''Litterae laureatae'', or simply ''laureatae'', were dispatches wrapped in laurel that victorious generals sent to the senate, in Livy and Tacitus.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) The TLL notes that Quintilian seems reluctant to accept the word.^(TLL)
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+ English ''laureate'' is recorded in the late 14th century, first of poetic distinction.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a laurelled image and lictors.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses ''litterae laureatae''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses ''laureatae'' of dispatches.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''laureate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Adorned with [[m|en|laurel]], [[m|en|laureate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # ''litterae laureatae'', a dispatch announcing a victory.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[laureātae]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[laurus]]
+ * [[en|laureate]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}