censorius Latin · revision 9459

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kẽːˈsoː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [t͡ʃenˈsɔː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cēnsōrius''' (feminine cēnsōria, neuter cēnsōrium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[cēnsor]] “censor” with the suffix [[-ius]]; ⟨cēnsor⟩ is from [[cēnseō]] “to assess”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨cēnseō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*knsē-|t=to estimate]], from [[ine-pro|*ḱn̥s-éh₁-|t=to announce]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant having been a censor, ''homō cēnsōrius'' an ex-censor; belonging to a censor, as in Cicero's ''tabulae cēnsōriae'' “the censors' lists”; and suggestive of a censor, austere, moral, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for rental, of land paying rent.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|censorious]] (1530s, “fond of criticising”) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius has ''cēnsōriī librī''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1530s – English ''censorious'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having been a censor; of a [[m|en|censor]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Severe, austere, [[m|en|censorious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Paying rent.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cēnsor]]

+ * [[cēnseō]]

+ * [[en|censorious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}