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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la statuō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsta.tu.a]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈstaː.tu.a]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''statua''' ''f'' (genitive statuae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[statuō]] “to set up, erect”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010) Lewis and Short cite Cato for statues of the gods.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a statue, an image, commonly of metal, as Quintilian notes, and only rarely of the gods, as in Cato and Pliny.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Cicero often uses ''statuam pōnere'' or ''statuere'' of setting up a statue in honour of a person.^(Gaffiot 2016) Döderlein explains that ''imāgō'' and ''simulācrum'' are the general words for any representation, while ''statua'', ''signum'' and ''effigiēs'' are works of sculpture, and ''simulācrum'' and ''statua'' copy the whole figure.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant an image, statue.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin also used it of a measure of length, a man's height.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''statua'' and Spanish ''estatua'', and [[en|statue]] came through Old French in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has the word.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato speaks of statues of the gods.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''statuam pōnere''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''statue'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|statue]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A man's height as a measure.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[statuārius]]
+ * [[statunculum]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[statuō]]
+ * [[imāgō]]
+ * [[signum]]
+ * [[simulācrum]]
+ * [[en|statue]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}