aedes Latin · revision 5198

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Twelve Tables|origins=ine-pro *h₂eydʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈae̯.deːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.des]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aedēs''' ''f'' (genitive aedis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*aiþ-|t=fireplace]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂(e)idʰ-|t=burning]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|áed|t=fire]], [[grc|αἴθω|tr=aíthō|t=to burn]], [[ang|ād|t=pyre]] and [[goh|eit|t=pyre]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan explains that it first meant the fireplace, then the room with a fireplace, then a small one-room temple, while the plural meant a house.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from the Twelve Tables and Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008) The Twelve Tables speak of a beam fixed to a house.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates the Twelve Tables c. 450 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the singular it was a temple or shrine, and in the plural a dwelling or house; it was also used of a tomb.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein contrasts ''aedēs'', the temple building alone, with [[templum]], the temple with its sacred grounds, and in the sense “house” with [[domus]], the home of a family.^(Döderlein 1874) The ''Appendix Probi'' prefers the nominative ''aedēs'' to ''aedis'', though ''aedis'' is more common in Cicero and Varro.^(Appendix Probi)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In medieval Latin it could mean a church or chapel, a bishop's see, and in British usage an academic hall.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) Its derivatives include [[aedīlis]] “aedile”, the magistrate in charge of temples and public buildings, and [[aedificō]] “to build”, whence ''aedificium'' and [[en|edifice]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 450 BC – the Twelve Tables use it of a house.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of the temple of Castor.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # (singular) A [[m|en|temple]], shrine.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (plural) A dwelling, house.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A tomb.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A church, chapel; an academic hall.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aeditumus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aedīlis]]

+ * [[aedificō]]

+ * [[en|edifice]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}