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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=la rīpa}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [riːˈpaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [riˈpaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''rīpārius''' (feminine rīpāria, neuter rīpārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[rīpa]] “river bank” with the suffix [[-ārius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Pliny the Elder, whom he dates 23/24–79 AD, and Pliny has ''hirundinēs rīpāriae'', sand martins.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant of or frequenting river banks, riparian, as of the sand martins in Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Medieval Latin a ''rīpārius'' collected mooring dues.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of land on a river bank.^(DMLBS) Its feminine, Vulgar Latin ⟨*rīpāria⟩ “riverbank”, gave Old French ''riviere'' and [[en|river]] in the early 13th century, as well as Spanish ''ribera'' and Italian ''riviera''.^(Etymonline) English also formed [[m|en|riparian]] from it in 1849.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of sand martins.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ * early 13th century – English ''river'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1849 – English ''riparian'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of river banks, [[m|en|riparian]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A collector of mooring dues.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[rīpa]]
+ * [[en|river]]
+ * [[en|riparian]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}