inspector Latin · revision 9113

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ĩːˈspɛk.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈspɛk.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnspector''' ''m'' (genitive īnspectōris, feminine īnspectrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[īnspiciō]] “to look into” with the agent suffix [[-tor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Seneca, “an observer”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Seneca the Elder.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant an observer, witness, as in Seneca, and in Ulpian and the Codex an examiner, inspector.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is post-Augustan, and Augustine calls God the ''īnspector cordis'' “searcher of hearts”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for an onlooker, a reader or examiner of books, and a diviner, and Gildas uses it.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|inspector]] about 1600, “overseer, superintendent”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of examiners.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''inspector'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An observer, onlooker.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An examiner, [[m|en|inspector]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnspiciō]]

+ * [[īnspectiō]]

+ * [[en|inspector]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}