laus Latin · revision 6779

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɫau̯s]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈlau̯s]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''laus''' ''f'' (genitive laudis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The only proposed connection is with [[gem-pro|*leuþą|t=song]], as in [[got|𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸|tr=awiliuþ|t=song of praise]] and [[ang|lēoþ|t=song]], from *leu-t-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) If related, ''laus'' must reflect *lou-Vd(h)-, and Vine suggests that PIE *lou-ó- “praising” gave Proto-Italic *lawo-, from which a d-stem *law-ed- “song of praise” was formed.^(de Vaan 2008) Lewis and Short's derivation from *claus, akin to [[clueō]], is outdated.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Livius Andronicus, who says praise is given to virtue.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livius Andronicus 280/260–before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant praise, commendation, as Plautus' character who thinks he has earned no praise but avoided blame, then praise as enjoyed by its recipient, esteem, renown, glory, and praiseworthiness, excellence, as Cicero's view that only virtue deserves true praise.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Christian Latin it was praise of God or a saint, and the plural ''laudēs'' became the name of the morning office, lauds.^(DMLBS)^(Wiktionary) In medieval law it was the approval of kinsmen needed to sell land, and a payment for a lord's consent.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''lode'' and Romanian ''laudă''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|laud]] comes from its verb [[laudō]], in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it of praise given to virtue.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus contrasts praise and blame.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of true praise owed to virtue.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''laud'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Praise]], commendation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Esteem, renown, [[m|en|glory]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Praiseworthiness, [[m|en|excellence]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The assent of kinsmen to a sale of land.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[laudō]]

+ * [[lautia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|laud]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Laus'' (Laus Pompeia) was also a town in Cisalpine Gaul near modern Lodi.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}