Diespiter Latin · revision 9274

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dyḗws ph₂tḗr}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [diˈeːs.pɪ.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈɛs.pi.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Diēspiter''' ''m'' (genitive Diēspitris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription has ''Dies pater'', and Festus has ''Dispiter''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*djous patēr|t=Sky Father]], from [[ine-pro|*dyḗws|t=sky god]] and [[ine-pro|*ph₂tḗr|t=father]], the same compound as [[Iuppiter]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) Lewis & Short connect the first part with [[diēs]] “day” and [[dīvus]], and compare [[sa|दिवस्|tr=divas]] and [[grc|πατήρ|tr=patḗr]].^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cognate with [[grc|Ζεῦ πάτερ|tr=Zeû páter]] and [[sa|द्यौष्पितृ|tr=dyáuṣpitṛ́]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was an old name of Jupiter.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin glossaries understood it as the day-star.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Proper noun===

+ # [[m|en|Jupiter]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The day-star.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Iuppiter]]

+ * [[diēs]]

+ * [[deus]]

+ * [[pater]]

+ * [[en|Jupiter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}