hydrophobia Latin · revision 4600

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Caelius Aurelianus|origins=grc ὕδωρ, grc φόβος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [hy.drɔˈpʰɔ.bi.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [i.droˈfɔː.bi.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''hydrophobia''' ''f'' (genitive hydrophobiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ὑδροφοβία|tr=hudrophobía|t=dread of water]],^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) from [[m|grc|ὑδροφόβος|tr=hudrophóbos|t=dreading water]], from [[m|grc|ὕδωρ|tr=húdōr|t=water]] and [[m|grc|φόβος|tr=phóbos|t=fear]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Caelius Aurelianus discusses it in his work on acute diseases.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates him to the 5th century AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was dread of water, the hydrophobia that marks rabies.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(MLW) Celsus still writes the word in Greek, and Ovid describes it in Latin as ''formīdātae aquae'', “water that is dreaded”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In medieval Latin it was a morbid fear of water and rabies itself.^(DMLBS)^(MLW) An Old English gloss renders it as “water-fear”.^(DMLBS) [[en|hydrophobia]] is recorded in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus writes the word as Greek.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 5th century AD – Caelius Aurelianus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(medicine)'' Dread of water, [[m|en|hydrophobia]]; [[m|en|rabies]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|hydrophobia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}