currus Latin · revision 6216

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *ḱers-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʊr.rʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkur.rus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''currus''' ''m'' (genitive currūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*korso-|t=chariot]], [[inh|ine-pro|*ḱr̥s-o-|t=running; chariot]], from the root [[ine-pro|*ḱers-|t=to run]] of [[currō]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) It is a doublet of [[carrus]] “wagon”.^(Wiktionary) Isidore of Seville derived it from [[cursus]] “running”.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Naevius, who speaks of a dictator mounting his chariot.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Ennius.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a light horse-drawn vehicle, a chariot, also a triumphal chariot, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In poetry it was applied to a ship, as Catullus' Argo flying on the breeze, and to a plough.^(OLD 2012) By metonymy it meant a triumph, as Cicero's question what triumph he would compare with his friend's praise.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was a wagon, especially a covered one for passengers.^(eLexicon Polonorum)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it of a dictator's chariot.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it of a ship.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a triumph.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|chariot]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(poetic)'' A ship; a plough.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|triumph]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[currīlis]]

+ * [[currūlis]]

+ * [[curūlis]]

+ * [[autocurrus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[currō]]

+ * [[carrus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}