agrarius Latin · revision 8479

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈɡraː.ri.ʊs], [aɡˈraː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈɡraː.ri.us], [aɡˈraː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''agrārius''' (feminine agrāria, neuter agrārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ager]] “field” with the suffix [[-ārius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucilius, of landed property.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of land or landed property, as in Lucilius, and in Cicero of the redistribution of public land.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant of the field, farm or land.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it as a noun for a peasant.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of country people, of land holding, and as a noun for a land tax.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian and Spanish ''agrario'' and French ''agraire'', and through French it gave [[en|agrarian]] in the 1610s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of land.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 1610s – English ''agrarian'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of land, landed.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of the redistribution of public land, [[m|en|agrarian]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' As a noun, a [[m|en|peasant]]; a land tax.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ager]]

+ * [[agrestis]]

+ * [[en|agrarian]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}