librarium Latin · revision 9352

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la liber}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''librārium''' ''n'' (genitive librāriī or librārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[librārius]] “of books”, from [[liber]] “book”, with the suffix [[-ārium]] “place for”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot and Köbler cite Cicero's speech for Milo, of a case for papers.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a case or chest for books or papers, as in Cicero and Ammianus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In British Medieval Latin it was a collection of books and its case or chest, and a room or building for books, a library.^(DMLBS) [[en|library]] (late 14th century) came through Anglo-French ''librarie'', and Etymonline's sources for it are this word and ''librāria'' “bookshop”, a library in Medieval Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus Marcellinus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A case or chest for books, a [[m|en|bookcase]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A collection of books; a [[m|en|library]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[liber]]

+ * [[librārius]]

+ * [[en|library]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}