celebritas Latin · revision 7336

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la celeber}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɛˈɫɛ.brɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [t͡ʃeˈlɛː.bri.tas], [kɛˈɫɛb.rɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''celebritās''' ''f'' (genitive celebritātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[celeber]] “crowded, famous” with the suffix [[-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) Isidore says a festival is called ⟨celebritās⟩ because heavenly, not earthly things are done there.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of crowded conditions and of fame.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the state of being busy or crowded, as Cicero's ''propinquitās et celebritās locī'' “the nearness and busyness of the place”, and crowding at games and festivals.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Cicero it meant renown, fame, and in Tacitus frequency, commonness.^(OLD 2012) The TLL notes it is a prose word.^(TLL)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a feast, celebration.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of the celebration of divine service and of a feast day.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|celebrity]] came in the late 14th century, first “solemn rite”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of crowds and of fame.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of frequency.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Crowdedness; a crowd.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Crowding at games.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Renown, fame, [[m|en|celebrity]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Frequency.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A feast, celebration.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[celeber]]

+ * [[celebrō]]

+ * [[en|celebrity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}