satureia Latin · revision 7620

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sa.tʊˈreː.ja]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sa.tuˈrɛː.ja]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''saturēia''' ''f'' (genitive saturēiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is unknown, probably a foreign word.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline) It is scanned as four syllables.^(OLD 2012) A neuter plural ⟨saturēia⟩ is found in Ovid and Martial.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Ovid, whom he dates 43 BC–18 AD, and Ovid uses the neuter plural of the herb as an aphrodisiac.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the aromatic pot herb savory, called also [[cunīla]], as in Columella and Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) The neuter plural in Ovid and Martial meant savory and the aphrodisiac made from it, though Lewis and Short suggest another plant.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for savory, ''Satureia hortensis'' or ''montana'', and in medicine.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''santoreggia'', French ''sarriette'' and Portuguese ''segurelha'', and it is ultimately the source of Middle English ''savereie'', whence the herb [[en|savory]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of an aphrodisiac.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of savory.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder describes it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The herb [[m|en|savory]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # In the neuter plural, savory as an [[m|en|aphrodisiac]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cunīla]]

+ * [[en|savory]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}