celeber Latin · revision 5316

+ {{infobox|confidence=unknown|attested=Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɛ.ɫɛ.bɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.le.ber]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''celeber''' (feminine celebris, neuter celebre, comparative celebrior, superlative celeberrimus); third-declension three-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The etymology is unknown.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) De Vaan allows *kelesri-, *kelisri- or *keledʰli- as possible earlier forms.^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD tentatively suggests *kele-dʰli-, related to [[celer]] “swift”, and Döderlein and Lewis and Short compared [[grc|κλέος|tr=kléos|t=fame]].^(OLD 2012)^(Döderlein 1874)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, while Köbler gives Cato, who advises buying a farm on a good, busy road.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It first meant much used or frequented, of roads and places, then crowded and festive, of festival days, and frequent.^(OLD 2012) From this came widely known, then famous or distinguished, the usual sense from Livy on.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein notes that ''celeber'' and [[inclutus]] are said mostly of things, and of persons chiefly in poetry.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In British medieval Latin it could also mean loud, or brisk.^(DMLBS) The verb [[celebrō]] “to throng, honour” gave [[en|celebrate]], first of the Mass, and [[celebritās]] gave [[en|celebrity]].^(Etymonline) It was borrowed into [[fr|célèbre]] and [[es|célebre]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato speaks of a good, busy road.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of something widely known in Sicily.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy speaks of very famous men.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''celebrate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Much frequented, busy, crowded.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of a festival) Thronged, festive.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Frequent, repeated.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Widely known, notorious.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|famous]], celebrated.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[celebrescō]]

+ * [[celebritās]]

+ * [[celebrō]]

+ * [[inceleber]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|celebrate]]

+ * [[en|celebrity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}