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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [au̯.diːˈtoː.ri.ũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [au̯.diˈtɔː.ri.um]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''audītōrium''' ''n'' (genitive audītōriī or audītōrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the neuter of [[audītōrius]] “of hearing”, from [[audiō]] “to hear”, with the suffix [[-tōrium]], “a place for hearing”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Seneca, of a lecture hall.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Quintilian; he dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a lecture room, hall, as in Seneca, and in Quintilian a body of listeners, an audience.^(OLD 2012) In Ulpian it was the hearing of a case.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a hearing, examination, lecture room.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a hall of justice, a monastery parlour, and a lecture room in an abbey.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for a lecture hall and a monastic parlour.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''auditorio'' and French ''auditoire'', and [[en|auditorium]] is recorded from 1727.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a lecture hall.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of an audience.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1727 – English ''auditorium'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A lecture hall, [[m|en|auditorium]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # An [[m|en|audience]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' The hearing of a case.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A monastery parlour.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[audītōriālis]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[audiēns]]
+ * [[audientia]]
+ * [[audiō]]
+ * [[audītiō]]
+ * [[audītor]]
+ * [[audītōrius]]
+ * [[audītus]]
+ * [[en|auditorium]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}