pantomimus Latin · revision 4321

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Seneca the Elder|origins=grc παντόμιμος}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pantomīmus''' ''m'' (genitive pantomīmī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|παντόμιμος|tr=pantómimos|t=imitator of all]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) from [[m|grc|πᾶς|tr=pâs|t=all]] and [[m|grc|μῖμος|tr=mîmos|t=imitator, mime]].^(Etymonline) A scholiast on Terence explained the name as one who imitates every face.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Seneca the Elder uses it in the preface to his third book of Controversiae, and the younger Seneca in his Letters.^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a pantomime performer, a dancer who acted a story in dumb show, supported by a chorus and music.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Suetonius mentions pantomimes often in the lives of Augustus and Caligula, and Pliny the Younger and the Digest also do.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Pliny the Elder uses it of a pantomime piece.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ English ''pantomime'' is recorded in the 1610s for a mime actor.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius mentions pantomimes.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – English ''pantomime'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|pantomime]] performer, a dancer acting in dumb show.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A pantomime piece.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pantomīma]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mimus|alt=mīmus]]

+ * [[en|pantomime]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}