sapo Latin · revision 9367

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=gem-pro *saipǭ}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsaː.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsaː.po]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sāpō''' ''m'' (genitive sāpōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|gem-pro|*saipǭ]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The OLD compares [[goh|seifa]] and [[en|soap]].^(OLD 2012) Etymonline explains that the Germanic word was first a reddish hair dye used by warriors.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short, Gaffiot and Köbler cite Pliny the Elder.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates him 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Pliny the Elder it was a preparation for dyeing the hair, and Martial and Serenus Sammonicus used it too.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short and Gaffiot translate it “soap”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a medical or cosmetic preparation, and for soap used in washing.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''sapone'', French ''savon'' and Romanian ''săpun''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A preparation for dyeing the hair.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|soap|alt=Soap]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sāpōnārius]]

+ * [[saponatum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|soap]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ [[en|soap]] is not from Latin; it is the native Old English word ''sape'', from the same Germanic source.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}