lector Latin · revision 8355

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucilius|origins=la legō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lēctor''' ''m'' (genitive lēctōris, feminine lēctrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

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

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Lucilius, whom he dates c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a reader, and in Cicero a slave employed to read aloud.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Christian Latin it was a cleric of the second of the minor orders, who read the lessons, and a monk charged with reading.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a reader.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''lettore'', and Late Latin ''lector'' gave [[en|lector]] in the late 14th century, a cleric appointed to read.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * late 14th century – English ''lector'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A reader; a professional reader.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A [[m|en|lector]], one of the minor orders.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[legō]]

+ * [[lēctiō]]

+ * [[en|lector]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}