stabulum Latin · revision 7059

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *steh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsta.bʊ.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈstaː.bu.lum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''stabulum''' ''n'' (genitive stabulī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*staðlom]], from [[ine-pro|*steh₂-|t=to stand]] with the instrument suffix ⟨*-dʰlom⟩.^(Wiktionary) By surface analysis it is [[stō]] “to stand” with the suffix [[-bulum]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of a stable and of travellers' lodging.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its general sense, a standing place, abode, is very rare, as Plautus' ''stabile stabulum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant a building for animals, a stable, stall, fold, as in Varro, by metonymy the animals in it, and in Catullus the lair of wild beasts.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant lodging for travellers, an inn, as in Plautus, also used as a brothel, as in Cicero, and as a term of abuse.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a stable, stall, dwelling, inn.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin a ''comes stabulī'' was the overseer of the stables, the origin of Middle Low German ''konstabel'' and Old Norse ''konstabl''.^(Köbler 2010) [[en|stable]] came in the early 13th century through Old French ''estable'' and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline) It survives in Spanish ''establo'', Italian ''stabbio'' and Romanian ''staul''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a stable and an inn.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of animal stalls.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * early 13th century – English ''stable'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An abode.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|stable]], stall, fold; a lair.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Lodging for travellers, an [[m|en|inn]]; a brothel.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[stabulārius]]

+ * [[naustibulum]]

+ * [[stabulō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stō]]

+ * [[stabilis]]

+ * [[vestibulum]]

+ * [[en|stable]]

+ * [[en|constable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}