lacerta Latin · revision 8356

+ {{infobox|confidence=unknown|attested=Cicero}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɫaˈkɛr.ta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [laˈt͡ʃɛr.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lacerta''' ''f'' (genitive lacertae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also masculine, ''lacertus''.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is unknown.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) It is identical in form with [[lacertus]] “upper arm”, and the OLD compares that word.^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline) Wiktionary also mentions a possible link with [[grc|λικερτίζω|tr=likertízō|t=to spring, dance]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of a lizard and of a fish.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a lizard, and the fish called Spanish mackerel, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a lizard and a newt.^(DMLBS) It survives in Spanish and Portuguese ''lagarto'' and Catalan ''llagart'', and through Old French ''laisarde'' it gave [[en|lizard]] in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|lizard]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # The Spanish [[m|en|mackerel]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|newt]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lacertus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|lizard]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}