auditor Latin · revision 8260

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''audītor''' ''m'' (genitive audītōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[audiō]] “to hear” with the suffix [[-tor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a listener.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a hearer, listener, as in Plautus, and in Cicero a disciple, pupil.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Ecclesiastical Latin uses it for a hearer, disciple, an examiner of accounts, and in canon law a judge who gathers proofs and hears witnesses.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for an assessor in the king's or the count's court.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for a hearer and a disciple.^(DMLBS) It survives in Spanish ''oidor'' and Portuguese ''ouvidor'', and through Anglo-French ''auditour'' it gave [[en|auditor]] in the early 14th century, an official who examines accounts.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * early 14th century – English ''auditor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A hearer, listener.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A disciple, pupil.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' An [[m|en|auditor]] of accounts; an examining judge.^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An [[m|en|assessor]] in court.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[audītōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[audiēns]]

+ * [[audientia]]

+ * [[audiō]]

+ * [[audītiō]]

+ * [[audītōrium]]

+ * [[audītus]]

+ * [[en|auditor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}