plagiarius Latin · revision 8006

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''plagiārius''' ''m'' (genitive plagiāriī or plagiārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[plagium]] “kidnapping” with the suffix [[-ārius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL derives it from [[plaga]] “net”, like ⟨rētiārius⟩, first meaning one who sets nets to catch.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Cicero calls Licinius a ''plagiārius'' exacting tribute.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a kidnapper, one who stole others' slaves or bought or sold a free man as a slave, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis and Short render it a torturer, oppressor, plunderer.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a kidnapper, robber.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into French ''plagiaire'' and Italian ''plagiario'', and [[en|plagiarism]] is recorded from the 1620s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of Licinius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1620s – English ''plagiarism'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|kidnapper]]; an oppressor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[plagiāria]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plagium]]

+ * [[plaga]]

+ * [[en|plagiarism]]

+ * [[en|plagiary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}