regula Latin · revision 5141

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₃reǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈreː.ɡʊ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.ɡu.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rēgula''' ''f'' (genitive rēgulae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|regō|-ula|t1=to direct, guide]], with the suffix of instrument nouns.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The TLL thinks the suffix replaced an older *-tlo-, and that the long ''ē'' was taken from the participle [[rēctus]], as in [[tēgula]] beside [[tegō|alt=tēctus]].^(TLL) The verb is [[inh|itc-pro|*reg-e/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-e/o-|t=to stretch, direct]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Varro and Köbler from Cicero, who speaks of rulers and plumb lines.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a rod for ruling straight lines or measuring, a ruler, and generally a long straight piece of wood or metal, a bar.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it became a basic principle, rule or standard for conduct, language and thought.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Christian Latin it was the rule of faith, the creed, a rule for Christian life, and a code of church discipline.^(Niermeyer 1976) Isidore explains it as a straight thing, as if ''rēctula''.^(Isidore) Borrowed into Germanic, it gave [[de|Regel]],^(Köbler 2010) and it survives in [[fro|reille]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of rulers and plumb lines.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a part of the plough.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Late Latin – It is used of the rule of faith and of monastic rules.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|ruler]], straightedge.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|principle]], [[m|en|rule]], standard.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A straight rod or bar.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The rule of faith, creed; a monastic rule; a code of church discipline.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rēgulāris]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[regō]]

+ * [[regiō]]

+ * [[en|rule]]

+ * [[en|regular]]

+ * [[en|regulate]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Isidore explains it as named from being straight, ''quasi rēctula'', with nothing in its way.^(Isidore)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}