architectura Latin · revision 8203

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ar.kʰɪ.tɛkˈtuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ar.ki.tekˈtuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''architectūra''' ''f'' (genitive architectūrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[architector]] “to design, build”, from [[architectus]] “architect”, with the suffix [[-ūra]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨Architectus⟩ is a remodelling of [[grc|ἀρχιτέκτων|tr=arkhitéktōn|t=master builder]] under the influence of [[tegō]] “to cover”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the art of building, architecture.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for architecture and construction.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''architettura'', French ''architecture'' and Spanish ''arquitectura'', and gave [[en|architecture]] in the 1560s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Architecture]], the art of building.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Construction.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[architectus]]

+ * [[en|architecture]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}