paedor Latin · revision 6232

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpae̯.dɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɛː.dor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''paedor''' ''m'' (genitive paedōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is unknown.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Proposals include [[ine-pro|*pesd-|t=to fart]], with a hypercorrect ⟨ae⟩ for ē, a root shared with [[grc|σπίλος|tr=spílos|t=spot]], and Matasović's [[ine-pro|*h₂pe-h₂eyd-ōs]] from a root “to swell”, with a shift from “pus” to “filth”.^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short's link with [[pūs]] and [[puteō]] is outdated.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Accius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Accius 170–c. 90 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant dirt, filth, nastiness, as a poet's beard bristling with filth quoted by Cicero, and Lucretius' limbs rough with dirt.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Augustine it meant a bad smell.^(Gaffiot 2016) A spelling ''pedor'' is also found.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was filth or stench, as Gildas' squalor of prisons.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of dirty limbs.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it of a stench.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Dirt]], [[m|en|filth]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|stench]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[paedidus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sordēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}