stola Latin · revision 7679

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Ennius|origins=grc στέλλω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈstɔ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈstɔː.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''stola''' ''f'' (genitive stolae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|στολή|tr=stolḗ|t=garment, equipment]], from [[m|grc|στέλλω|tr=stéllō|t=to make ready]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) Isidore describes it as a matron's covering passed from the head and right side over the left shoulder.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, of clothing, as ''squālidā saeptus stolā'' “wrapped in a squalid robe”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant clothing, and a long upper garment, worn at first by anyone, as in Ennius and Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From Varro it was the robe of Roman married women, a mark of respectability, as in Cicero, and a robe worn by either sex in religious settings.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a robe, garment, and the stole, the long narrow vestment worn round the neck as a sign of priestly power.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin also used it for state apparel and the archbishop's pallium.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in French ''étole'' and Spanish ''estola'', and Old English ''stole'' gave [[en|stole]]; [[en|stola]] came in 1728.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of clothing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the matron's robe.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the matron's robe.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Old English – ''stole'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Clothing; a long robe.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The robe of a Roman matron.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A [[m|en|stole]].^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' State apparel; the archbishop's [[m|en|pallium]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[stolātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|stole]]

+ * [[en|stola]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}