condimentum Latin · revision 9447

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la condiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔn.diːˈmɛn.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kon.diˈmɛn.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''condīmentum''' ''n'' (genitive condīmentī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[condiō]] “to season, pickle” with the suffix [[-mentum]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of seasoning and figuratively of spice.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a seasoning, condiment, spice, as in Plautus and Columella's ''condīmenta viridia'' “green seasonings”, and figuratively what makes a thing pleasant, its spice, and the OLD also cites its use for the tempering quality of scrap bronze.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note that it is most frequent in Plautus and Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was seasoning, spice.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin, taking it from [[condō]], used it for a building.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used salt ''in condīmentum cibōrum'' “to season food”.^(DMLBS) [[en|condiment]] came through Old French in the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A seasoning, [[m|en|condiment]], spice.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (figurative) What makes a thing pleasant, spice.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A building.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[condīmentārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[condiō]]

+ * [[en|condiment]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}