traditor Latin · revision 4210

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Tacitus|origins=la trādō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtraː.dɪ.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtraː.di.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trāditor''' ''m'' (genitive trāditōris, feminine trāditrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|trado|-tor|t1=to hand over]], literally one who hands something over.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Tacitus in the Histories uses it of a traitor who was killed, though modern editors there read ''prōditor''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates Tacitus 98–115 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short note that it is post-Augustan and replaces the usual word for traitor, [[proditor|alt=prōditor]].^(Lewis & Short 1879) Christian writers such as Sedulius and Augustine used it of a betrayer, and Tertullian and Arnobius of a teacher, one who hands on a body of knowledge.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In the church it named Christians who handed sacred books or vessels to the authorities in the persecutions, and in medieval Latin also a donor.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Georges 1913) Its descendants include [[es|traidor]] and [[it|traditore]].^(Etymonline) English ''traitor'' is recorded around 1200, through Old French ''traitor''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of a traitor.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of a teacher.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it of a betrayer.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''traitor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who hands over.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

+ # A [[m|en|traitor]], betrayer.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A [[m|en|teacher]], one who hands on knowledge.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A Christian who handed over the scriptures or sacred objects in persecution.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A donor.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trāditiō]]

+ * [[proditor|alt=prōditor]]

+ * [[en|traitor]]

+ * [[en|tradition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}