drama Latin · revision 4547

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Ausonius|origins=grc δράω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdraː.ma]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''drāma''' ''n'' (genitive drāmatis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|δρᾶμα|tr=drâma|t=deed; play]],^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) from [[m|grc|δράω|tr=dráō|t=to do, act]].^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ausonius uses it in a letter.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Ausonius c. 310–394 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a late word for a drama or play, in Ausonius and Bede's work on spelling.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Pseudo-Acro, commenting on Horace's Art of Poetry, speaks of satyr dramas, and Diomedes has the adjective ''drāmaticus''.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler also records it in the Psalter.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ In medieval Latin it was also a dialogue or song, as of the Song of Songs.^(MLW) [[en|drama]] is recorded in the 1510s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 310–394 AD – Ausonius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1510s – English ''drama'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|drama]], [[m|en|play]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A dialogue; a song.^(MLW)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|drama]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}