sella Latin · revision 8422

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sed-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsɛl.la]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsɛl.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sella''' ''f'' (genitive sellae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*sedlā|t=seat]], from the root of [[sedeō]] “to sit”, [[ine-pro|*sed-|t=to sit]], with the suffix ⟨*-lā⟩; ⟨*-dl-⟩ became /ll/.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|ἕλλα|tr=héllā|t=seat]].^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short report an ancient form ⟨sedda⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a seat.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a seat for one person, a stool or chair, including the seat of craftsmen who worked sitting.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Isidore explains the ''sella curūlis'' as the seat on which magistrates sat to give judgement.^(Isidore) In Martial it was a sedan chair carried by slaves, and in Varro a privy seat.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''sella'' “saddle”, French ''selle'', Spanish ''silla'' “chair” and Romanian ''șa'', and English has borrowed it as [[m|en|sella]] in anatomy, for the ''sella turcica'' of the skull.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a privy seat.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of a sedan chair.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|seat]], [[m|en|stool]], [[m|en|chair]], ''sella curūlis'', a magistrate's chair of office.^(OLD 2012)^(Isidore)

+ # A sedan chair.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A privy seat.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sellāris]]

+ * [[sellārius]]

+ * [[sellisternium]]

+ * [[sellula]]

+ * [[arcisellium]]

+ * [[bisellium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sedeō]]

+ * [[sēdēs]]

+ * [[sedīle]]

+ * [[en|saddle]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}