claustrarius Latin · revision 9686

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Historia Augusta|origins=ine-pro *kleh₂w-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''claustrārius''' ''m'' (genitive claustrāriī or claustrārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''clōstrārius''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|claustrum|-ārius|t1=bar, bolt, lock]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨claudō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*klaud-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*kleh₂u-d-|t=to shut]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is the ''Historia Augusta'', in Lampridius' life of Elagabalus, ''claustrārius artifex'' “locksmith”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates the Historia Augusta to the 4th–5th century AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OLD takes it as a maker of door bolts, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot as an adjective, of locks, with ''artifex'' a locksmith.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was a cloister warden.^(Niermeyer 1976) In British Medieval Latin, from 1289, it was a hedger, a maker of enclosures.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4th–5th century AD – The Historia Augusta has ''claustrārius artifex''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1289 – British records use it of hedgers.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A maker of door bolts, [[m|en|locksmith]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|cloister]] warden.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|hedger]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[claustrum]]

+ * [[claudō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}