litterarius Latin · revision 9169

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la littera}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [lɪt.tɛˈraː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [lit.teˈraː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''litterārius''' (feminine litterāria, neuter litterārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''līterārius''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[littera]] “letter” with the suffix [[-ārius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, ''lūdus litterārius'', an elementary school.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of reading and writing, ''lūdus litterārius'' was a school for teaching reading and writing, as in Plautus and Quintilian, and Varro used it of writing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Tacitus also uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant literary, and written down.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''letterario'' and Spanish ''literario'', and through French ''littéraire'' it gave [[en|literary]] in the 1640s, first “pertaining to alphabet letters”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has ''lūdus litterārius''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of writing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1640s – English ''literary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of reading and writing, ''lūdus litterārius'', an elementary school.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|literary|alt=Literary]]; written.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[littera]]

+ * [[litterātus]]

+ * [[en|literary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}