classicum Latin · revision 8363

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɫas.sɪ.kũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈklas.si.kum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''classicum''' ''n'' (genitive classicī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[classicus]] “of the classes; of the fleet”, used as a noun, from [[classis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan reports Ernout and Meillet's view that “roll-call, summons” is the oldest meaning of ⟨classis⟩, and the Roman derivation from [[calō]] “to call out”, which would give ⟨*klh₁-d-ti-⟩ “a call”, but calls this reconstruction unsupported.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Caesar, whom he dates c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010) Caesar has ''classicum apud eum canī iubet'' “he orders the trumpet to sound at his quarters”.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a military trumpet call, a signal given by the trumpet, as in Caesar and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant the ringing of all the bells at once, and it survives in French ''glas'' “knell” and Italian ''chiasso'' “din”.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of a trumpet call.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A military [[m|en|trumpet]] call.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A peal of all the bells.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[classis]]

+ * [[classicus]]

+ * [[calō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}