rosarium Latin · revision 9149

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la rosa}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rosārium''' ''n'' (genitive rosāriī or rosārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[rosa]] “rose” with the suffix [[-ārium]] “place for”, the neuter of ⟨rosārius⟩ “of roses”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Varro, whom he dates 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a rose bed, rose garden, as in Virgil's ''Georgics'' and Columella.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a rose garden, also figuratively, a rose bush, and a rose wreath.^(DMLBS) In Medieval Latin it also meant a garland, a string of beads, and a series of prayers, from the idea of a garden of prayers; it gave [[en|rosary]] in the mid-15th century, first “rose garden”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''rosary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A rose garden, rose bed.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A rose wreath; a [[m|en|rosary]].^(DMLBS)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rosa]]

+ * [[rosārius]]

+ * [[en|rosary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}