sacerdotalis Latin · revision 9299

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Velleius Paterculus|origins=la sacerdōs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sa.kɛr.doːˈtaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sa.t͡ʃer.doˈtaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sacerdōtālis''' (neuter sacerdōtāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions have ''sacerdōtiālis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sacerdōs]] “priest” with the suffix [[-ālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan explains ⟨sacerdōs⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*sakro-dōt-⟩ “who has sacred endowments”, with the second element from [[ine-pro|*deh₃-|t=to give]], following Strunk and Nussbaum, rather than the older derivation from ⟨*dʰeh₁-⟩ “to place”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Velleius Paterculus, whom he dates c. 20 BC–30 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant connected with priests or the priesthood, priestly, and as a masculine plural noun men of priestly rank.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant sacerdotal, priestly.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''sacerdotale'' and Spanish ''sacerdotal'', and through Old French it gave [[en|sacerdotal]] about 1400.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius Paterculus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''sacerdotal'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Priestly, [[m|en|sacerdotal]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # (as a plural noun) Men of priestly rank.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sacerdōs]]

+ * [[sacerdōtium]]

+ * [[sacer]]

+ * [[en|sacerdotal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}