chronicus Latin · revision 9319

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=grc χρονικός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʰrɔ.nɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkrɔː.ni.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''chronicus''' (feminine chronica, neuter chronicum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|χρονικός|tr=khronikós|t=of time]], from ⟨khrónos⟩ “time”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ 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 pertaining to time, written in the form of annals, and Gellius has ''librī chronicī'' “chronicles”, and the neuter plural ''chronica'' was a chronicle.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In medicine it was used of lasting illnesses: British Medieval Latin used it for chronic, and as a noun a chronic illness.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''chronique'' it gave [[en|chronic]] in the early 15th century, of diseases “lasting a long time”, and ''chronica'' gave [[en|chronicle]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius has ''librī chronicī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''chronic'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of time; in the form of annals.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(medicine)'' [[m|en|chronic|alt=Chronic]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[chronicum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[chronica]]

+ * [[en|chronic]]

+ * [[en|chronicle]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}