diarium Latin · revision 9111

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Sempronius Asellio|origins=la diēs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [diˈaː.ri.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈaː.ri.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''diārium''' ''n'' (genitive diāriī or diārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[diēs]] “day” with the suffix [[-ārium]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot and the OLD cite Sempronius Asellio, quoted by Gellius, on those who write a ''diārium'', what the Greeks call ''ephēmeris''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a diary, journal, as in Asellio, and in the plural the daily ration of food or pay for slaves, prisoners or soldiers, as in Cicero and Horace.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a day's provisions.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin glossaries render it as a daily allowance, Old English ''dægwine''.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|diary]] in the 1580s, “an account of daily events”.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''diario'' and Spanish ''diario''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 2nd century BC – Sempronius Asellio uses it of a journal.^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses the plural of rations.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English ''diary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|diary]], journal.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (plural) A daily ration or allowance.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[interdiarius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[diurnus]]

+ * [[diēs]]

+ * [[en|diary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}