problema Latin · revision 4539

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [prɔˈbɫeː.ma]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [proˈblɛː.ma], [ˈprɔː.bli.ma]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''problēma''' ''n'' (genitive problēmatis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|πρόβλημα|tr=próblēma|t=something put forward, a question; obstacle]],^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) from [[m|grc|προβάλλω|tr=probállō|t=to throw before, put forward]].^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Seneca the Elder, in the Controversiae, uses it in the plural.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a question proposed for solution, a problem, puzzle or riddle, a post-Augustan word.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Suetonius uses it in his work on grammarians, and Gellius cites the ''Problēmata physica'', a work of Aristotle, with Greek-style plural forms such as ''problēmatōrum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Apuleius uses it too.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British medieval writers used it of a difficult question or a riddle, as Aldhelm of riddles explained in verse.^(DMLBS) [[en|problem]] is recorded in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius cites Aristotle's ''Problems''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''problem'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A question for solution, a [[m|en|problem]]; a puzzle, [[m|en|riddle]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[problēmaticus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|problem]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}