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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la nōmen, la calō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [noː.mɛŋˈkɫaː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [no.meŋˈklaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''nōmenclātor''' ''m'' (genitive nōmenclātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[nōmen]] “name” and [[calō]] “to call out” with the agent suffix [[-tor]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline) Martial and Suetonius have ⟨nōmenculātor⟩, and an inscription ⟨numunclātor⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of a slave who told his master the names of people.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant one who calls people by name, and especially a slave who accompanied his master and told him the names of those he met, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Petronius it was a slave who announced the dishes at a feast.^(OLD 2012) Under the Empire it was an official title, as ''nōmenclātor cēnsōrius'', dealing with admissions to the senate and the equestrian order.^(OLD 2012)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it of an official of the papal administration in Rome.^(DMLBS) The word was borrowed as [[m|en|nomenclator]], and its derivative ''nōmenclātūra'' gave [[en|nomenclature]] about 1600.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a name-telling slave.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it of a slave announcing dishes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 745 AD – A papal synod has a ''numenculator''.^(DMLBS)
+ * c. 1600 – English ''nomenclature'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # One who calls people by name.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A slave who told his master people's names.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A slave who announced the dishes.^(OLD 2012)
+ # An imperial official for admissions.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A papal official.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nōmen]]
+ * [[nōmenclātiō]]
+ * [[nōmenclātūra]]
+ * [[nōminālis]]
+ * [[nōmināliter]]
+ * [[nōminātim]]
+ * [[nōminātiō]]
+ * [[nōminātīvus]]
+ * [[nōminātor]]
+ * [[nōminātōrius]]
+ * [[calō]]
+ * [[en|nomenclator]]
+ * [[en|nomenclature]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}