elementarius Latin · revision 9186

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Seneca|origins=la elementum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛ.ɫɛ.mɛnˈtaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [e.le.menˈtaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''elementārius''' (feminine elementāria, neuter elementārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[elementum]] “element; rudiment, letter of the alphabet” with the suffix [[-ārius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Seneca, whom he dates 4 BC–65 AD, and Seneca mocks a ''senex elementārius'', an old man learning his letters.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant engaged in learning the rudiments, as in Seneca, and in the ''Historia Augusta'' of the alphabet, elementary school.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is post-Augustan and very rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for elemental, made of the four elements.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|elementary]] in the late 14th century, first “having the nature of one of the four elements”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * late 14th century – English ''elementary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Learning the rudiments, [[m|en|elementary]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Elemental.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[elementāris]]

+ * [[elementum]]

+ * [[en|elementary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}