taberna Latin · revision 4828

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [taˈbɛr.na]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [taˈbɛr.na]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''taberna''' ''f'' (genitive tabernae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|*traberna]], from [[trabs]] “beam” and the suffix [[m|la|-rnus]], with the first /r/ lost by dissimilation; it first meant “wooden shed”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan finds Ernout and Meillet's doubts unfounded, since dissimilation is irregular.^(de Vaan 2008) The Oxford Latin Dictionary compares [[osc|trííbúm]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was a hut or booth, as Horace's poor men's huts, an inn, and a shop or stall, as the butchers' shops in Varro.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Cicero uses it of a stand at the circus, and ''Trēs Tabernae'' was a stopping place on the Appian Way.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it was a tavern selling wine or beer, and a bakery.^(DMLBS) It survives as [[it|taverna]], and Old French ''taverne'' gave English ''tavern''.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Its diminutive [[tabernāculum]] “tent” gave English ''tabernacle''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace speaks of the huts of the poor.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-13th century – English ''tabernacle'' is recorded, from ''tabernāculum''.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''tavern'' is recorded, from Old French ''taverne''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|hut]], booth, shed.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # An [[m|en|inn]], [[m|en|tavern]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|shop]], stall.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A bakery.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tabernāculum]]

+ * [[tabernārius]]

+ * [[tabernula]]

+ * [[contubernālis]]

+ * [[contubernium]]

+ * [[tabernāculārius]]

+ * [[tabernātor]]

+ * [[tabernō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trabs]]

+ * [[en|tavern]]

+ * [[en|tabernacle]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein contrasts [[dēversōrium]], any lodging on a journey, and [[hospitium]], an inn for strangers.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}