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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucan|origins=la dō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēditor''' ''m'' (genitive ēditōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ēdō|-tor|t1=to put forth, produce]],^(OLD 2012) from [[m|la|ē-]] and [[do|alt=dō]] “to give”.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lucan calls the river Sarnus the producer of the night breezes.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Lucan 39–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Lucan it meant one who brings forth or produces.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In the Historia Augusta and in inscriptions it was the giver of public games, an exhibitor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In Late and medieval Latin it was a creator or founder, used of God, and the one who issues a book, a publisher or author.^(MLW)^(DMLBS) Anselm asks what the author of a pamphlet would answer.^(DMLBS) Its descendants include [[it|editore]] and [[es|editor]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 39–65 AD – Lucan uses it of a river producing breezes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4th/5th century AD – The Historia Augusta uses it of a giver of games.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who produces or brings forth.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # The giver of public [[m|en|games]], an exhibitor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A publisher, [[m|en|editor]]; an author.^(Wiktionary)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A creator, founder.^(MLW)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[editio|alt=ēditiō]]

+ * [[en|editor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}