vivarium Latin · revision 9300

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Columella|origins=la vīvus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vīvārium''' ''n'' (genitive vīvāriī or vīvārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[vīvus]] “living” with the suffix [[-ārium]] “place for”, the neuter of ⟨vīvārius⟩ “of living creatures”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Columella, of a game preserve.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Pliny the Elder, whom he dates 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a place where live animals were kept: a game park or preserve, as in Columella, and a fish pond, as in Seneca.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for an enclosure for game, a park, and a fish-pond or stew.^(DMLBS) Köbler traces Old High German ''wīwāri'' “pond” to it.^(Köbler 2010) English took [[m|en|vivarium]] about 1600 for a game park; the sense of a glass enclosure for live animals is later.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of a game preserve.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a fish pond.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''vivarium'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A game [[m|en|preserve]], park.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A fish [[m|en|pond]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vīvus]]

+ * [[vīvārius]]

+ * [[en|vivarium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}