academicus Latin · revision 9138

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Cicero|origins=grc ἀκαδημικός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [a.kaˈdeː.mɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [a.kaˈdɛː.mi.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''acadēmicus''' (feminine acadēmica, neuter acadēmicum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ As a proper adjective it is written ''Acadēmicus''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἀκαδημικός|tr=akadēmikós|t=of the Academy]], from ⟨Akadēmeia⟩, the place at Athens where Plato taught.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of the Academy, of Academic philosophy, and dealing with the views of the Academy, as in Cicero's ''Acadēmica''; as a noun it meant an Academic philosopher, of the Old or the New Academy.^(OLD 2012) Gellius uses ''Acadēmicī philosophī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for Platonic, Platonist, and of the scholars at Charlemagne's court.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|academic]] in the 1580s, “relating to an academy; scholarly”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the Academy, Academic.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # An Academic philosopher.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Acadēmīa]]

+ * [[en|academic]]

+ * [[en|academy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}