architectus Latin · revision 7523

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Plautus|origins=grc ἀρχιτέκτων}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ar.kʰɪˈtɛk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ar.kiˈtɛk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''architectus''' ''m'' (genitive architectī, feminine architecta); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἀρχιτέκτων|tr=arkhitéktōn|t=master builder]], from [[m|grc|ἀρχι-|tr=arkhi-|t=chief]] and [[m|grc|τέκτων|tr=téktōn|t=builder]], adapted.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The form ⟨architectōn⟩ is rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Inscriptions have ⟨arcitectus⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a master builder.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a master builder, architect, as Plautus' ''fabrī architectīque'' and Cicero's Philo the architect.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it also meant a designer, deviser, the author of a plan or a crime.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant an architect.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin also used it ironically.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into French ''architecte'', Italian ''architetto'' and Spanish ''arquitecto'', and its derivative ''architectūra'' gave [[en|architecture]] in the 1560s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of master builders.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of an architect.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1560s – English ''architecture'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A master builder, [[m|en|architect]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A designer, deviser.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[architectonicus]]

+ * [[architector]]

+ * [[architectūra]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|architect]]

+ * [[en|architecture]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}