senator Latin · revision 4644

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *sen-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sɛˈnaː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [seˈnaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''senātor''' ''m'' (genitive senātōris, feminine senātrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|senātus|-tor|t1=senate]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) from [[senex]] “old, old man”,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) from [[ine-pro|*sen-|t=old]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it from Cicero onwards, as in On the Laws.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a member of the Roman senate, which tradition said Romulus formed of a hundred citizens chosen for age, wisdom and experience.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) A ''senātor pedārius'' was one of lower standing.^(OLD 2012) Caesar, Cicero and Livy also use it of members of foreign councils.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In medieval Latin it was a member of a municipal curia, of the senatorial nobility, or a lord.^(Niermeyer 1976) British writers used it of an ealdorman, a member of the witan, and in Guernsey of a jurat.^(DMLBS) [[en|senator]] is recorded around 1200.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of a Gallic council.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''senator'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A member of the Roman [[m|en|senate]], a [[m|en|senator]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A member of a foreign council.^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A member of a municipal council; a noble; an [[m|en|ealdorman]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[senatus|alt=senātus]]

+ * [[senex]]

+ * [[en|senator]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}