villaticus Latin · revision 9370

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la vīlla}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [wiːlˈlaː.tɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [vilˈlaː.ti.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vīllāticus''' (feminine vīllātica, neuter vīllāticum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[vīlla]] “country house, farmstead” with the suffix [[-āticus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Varro, of the farmyard kind of animal-keeping.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of or belonging to a farmstead or country house, as in Varro's ''vīllāticum genus pāstiōnis'' and farmyard poultry.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant rural, agrarian, and ''vīllātica'' was the community of a village; a capitulary of 820 has it.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010) British Medieval Latin had ''canis vīllāticus'', a kind of watchdog.^(DMLBS) Its neuter, ''vīllāticum'' “a farmstead with its buildings”, gave Old French ''vilage'' and [[en|village]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 820 – a capitulary uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a [[m|en|farmstead]] or country house.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Rural, [[m|en|agrarian]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' (''vīllātica'') The community of a village.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vīlla]]

+ * [[en|village]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}