adventus Latin · revision 6347

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [adˈwɛn.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [adˈvɛn.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adventus''' ''m'' (genitive adventūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[adveniō]] “to arrive” with the action suffix -tus.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of arrival and of a homecoming.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant an approach, arrival, as Cicero's ''adventū tuō'' “at your arrival”, a coming on the scene, a homecoming, and of gods an epiphany, as in Lucretius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In war it meant a hostile advance, invasion, as in Cicero, and of pests an incursion.^(OLD 2012) It meant a visit, a governor's entry into a province, an emperor's official visit, and arrival as a settler.^(OLD 2012) Of seasons, stars and misfortunes it meant onset, rising, approach, as in Catullus and Cicero, of fruit ripening, and an accession.^(OLD 2012) Terence has the genitive ''adventī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Christian Latin it meant the coming of Christ and the season of Advent.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Etymonline) In Medieval Latin it also meant a casual profit, and the coming of justices in eyre.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''avvento'' and Spanish ''adviento''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|Advent]] was borrowed in late Old English for the season before Christmas, and [[en|advent]] “important arrival” is attested from 1742.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of arrival.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of a god's epiphany.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of an invasion and of a governor's visit.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1742 – English ''advent'' “important arrival” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|arrival]], approach; a homecoming.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of gods)'' An epiphany.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A hostile advance, [[m|en|invasion]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A visit; an official visit.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Onset, beginning (of a season or misfortune).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Christian Latin)'' [[m|en|Advent]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adventor]]

+ * [[adveniō]]

+ * [[veniō]]

+ * [[en|advent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}