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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la vocō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [wɔˈkaː.bʊ.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [voˈkaː.bu.lum]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''vocābulum''' ''n'' (genitive vocābulī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[vocō]] “to call, name” with the instrumental suffix [[-bulum]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a word that designates a thing or idea, a name, term, as Terence's philosophers whose schools take their names from themselves and Cicero's use.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In grammar, as in Varro, it meant a noun, and especially a common noun as distinct from a proper name.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says [[verbum]] is a word as a part of speech, ''vocābulum'' as a part of the language.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a name, word, noun.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it also meant a named place.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in French ''vocable'' and Italian ''vocabolo''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|vocable]] came in the mid-15th century, and [[en|vocabulary]] in the 1530s from Medieval Latin ''vocābulārium'' “a list of words”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of names.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of terms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of nouns.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1530s – English ''vocabulary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|word]], name, term.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(grammar)'' A [[m|en|noun]]; a common noun.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A named place.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[vocābulārium]]
+ * [[prōvocābulum]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[vocō]]
+ * [[vōx]]
+ * [[verbum]]
+ * [[en|vocabulary]]
+ * [[en|vocable]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}