motor Latin · revision 9363

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Martial|origins=la moveō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmoː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɔː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mōtor''' ''m'' (genitive mōtōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[moveō]] “to move” with the agent suffix [[-tor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD and Gaffiot cite Martial, of the one who rocked the poet's cradle.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Martial 40–102/103 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Martial it was someone who moves or shakes something, ''cūnārum mōtor'' “the rocker of my cradle”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical and scholastic Latin it was a mover, an impulse, and Köbler lists it in Thomas Aquinas' ''Summa theologiae''.^(Stelten 1995)^(Köbler 2010) British Medieval Latin used it for a mover, of God, the soul and abstractions.^(DMLBS) [[en|motor]] is recorded in the mid-15th century, of God as the prime mover; the sense “machine” is modern.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''motor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Someone who moves or rocks something.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|mover]], and God as prime mover.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[motorius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[moveō]]

+ * [[mōtus]]

+ * [[en|motor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}