consolor Latin · revision 8200

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la sōlor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈsoː.ɫɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈsɔː.lor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsōlor''' (present infinitive cōnsōlārī, perfect active cōnsōlātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] and [[sōlor]] “to comfort”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of comforting.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to comfort, console someone, as in Plautus, and of circumstances to be a consolation or a compensation.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to allay grief.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to comfort, console, encourage.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''consolare'', French ''consoler'' and Spanish ''consolar'', and through French it gave [[en|console]] in the 1690s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 1690s – English ''console'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To comfort, [[m|en|console]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be a consolation; to compensate for.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To allay (grief).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sōlor]]

+ * [[sōlācium]]

+ * [[en|console]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}