auctor Latin · revision 5090

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂eug-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''auctor''' ''m'' or f (genitive auctōris, feminine auctor or auctrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|augeō|-tor|t1=to increase]], so “one who makes something grow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*auktōr]], comparing [[xum|uhtur|t=a magistrate]], though Wiktionary notes the Umbrian word may be borrowed from Latin.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb is from [[ine-pro|*h₂eug-|t=to grow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler give Plautus first.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In law it was first the seller in a sale, who guaranteed the title, and a person entitled to act or decide, an authority.^(OLD 2012) From this it meant one who approves or sanctions something, a person of weight, a supporter or advocate of a policy, and an adviser.^(OLD 2012) It also became the originator or founder of something, the author of a written work, and a trustworthy source, and in poetry God as the Creator.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)^(Gaffiot 2016) Gaffiot groups its first senses under one who increases confidence, a guarantor.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ The ''Appendix Probi'' corrects ''autor'' to ''auctor'', and Lewis and Short note that ''autor'' and ''author'' are wrong spellings.^(Appendix Probi)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In medieval Latin it was the person from whom one bought or inherited something,^(Niermeyer 1976) and in British Latin, influenced by [[authenticus]], an author or authoritative writer.^(DMLBS) Old French ''autor'' gave [[en|author]], “father, creator”, in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the seller of an estate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a man of authority.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''author'' “creator” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(law)'' The seller in a sale, guarantor of title.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A person entitled to act, an [[m|en|authority]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # One who approves or sanctions.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A person of weight; a supporter, [[m|en|advocate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # An adviser.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An originator, founder; an [[m|en|author]] (of a work).^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(poetic)'' The Creator.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[auctoratus]]

+ * [[auctōritās]]

+ * [[proauctor]]

+ * [[auctorizō]]

+ * [[auctrīx]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[augeō]]

+ * [[en|author]]

+ * [[en|authority]]

+ * [[en|augment]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}