thronus Latin · revision 9376

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtʰrɔ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtrɔː.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''thronus''' ''m'' (genitive thronī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''thronos''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|θρόνος|tr=thrónos|t=seat, throne]], which Köbler links with [[ine-pro|*dʰer-|t=to hold, support]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was an elevated seat, a chair of state, a throne, as of Jupiter in Pliny the Elder and in a verse quoted by Suetonius, and Pliny also names a constellation ''thronos Caesaris''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Christian Latin the plural ''thronī'' were the Thrones, an order of angels.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a throne, also figuratively, and ''thronus grātiae'' “the throne of grace” after Hebrews.^(DMLBS) [[en|throne]] came through Old French ''trone'' about 1200, first the seat of God or a saint.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius quotes it in a verse.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''trone'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|throne]], chair of state.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' (plural) The Thrones, an order of [[m|en|angel|alt=angels]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[solium]]

+ * [[en|throne]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}