laurea Latin · revision 9609

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɫau̯.re.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈlaːu̯.re.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''laurea''' ''f'' (genitive laureae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''lōrea''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine of [[laureus]] “of laurel”, from [[laurus]] “laurel”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of victory.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a laurel tree, as in Cato and Horace; a laurel branch or wreath, carried in triumph and dedicated to Jupiter, as in Cicero's ''concēdat laurea laudī'', worn in religious ceremonies, as in Livy, and given to poets as the sign of Apollo, as in Horace; and a victory, triumph, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was laurel, triumph, victory, a wreath, and an academic degree.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a laurel wreath, a crown, and the crown of thorns.^(DMLBS) Köbler records ''laurea titulī'', a master's degree.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of the tree.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|laurel]] tree.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A laurel branch or wreath.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A victory, [[m|en|triumph]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A crown; an academic degree.^(DMLBS)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[laureātus]]

+ * [[laureola]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laurus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}