agricultor Latin · revision 8255

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Livy|origins=la ager, la colō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [a.ɡrɪˈkʊɫ.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [a.ɡriˈkul.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''agricultor''' ''m'' (genitive agricultōris, feminine agricultrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from ⟨agrī⟩, the genitive of [[ager]] “field”, and [[cultor]] “cultivator”, from [[colō]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) Its parts are sometimes written together.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Livy speaks of slaves who were ''agrī cultōrēs'' “tillers of the soil”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a cultivator of the land, a farmer, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for a husbandman, and British writers set ''agricultōrēs'' beside herdsmen and ploughmen.^(Köbler 2010)^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''agricoltore'', French ''agriculteur'' and Spanish ''agricultor''.^(Wiktionary) The related Late Latin ''agricultūra'' gave [[en|agriculture]] in the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses ''agrī cultōrēs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1041–1044 – The ''Gesta'' of the bishops of Cambrai use it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''agriculture'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|farmer]], cultivator of the land.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ager]]

+ * [[cultor]]

+ * [[agricola]]

+ * [[agricultūra]]

+ * [[en|agriculture]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}