auditus Latin · revision 9690

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [au̯ˈdiː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [au̯ˈdiː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''audītus''' ''m'' (genitive audītūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|audiō|-tus|t1=to hear]], a verbal noun of the fourth declension.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨audiō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*awizdje/o-|t=to hear]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂ew-is|t=clearly]] and [[ine-pro|*dʰh₁-ye/o-|t=to render]].^(de Vaan 2008) Isidore explains it as named because it “drinks in” voices (“quod vōcēs auriat”).^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus, and the OLD's earliest citations of the sense of hearing are from Varro.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC and Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the sense or act of hearing, as in Varro and Cicero; the act of hearing about something, hearsay, as in Tacitus and Pliny; and in Apuleius a sound.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a hearing.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for the preaching of the Gospel and for attendance at lectures, and British Medieval Latin for listening, attention, earshot, and the ear.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) Its use for a hearing of accounts gave English ''audit'' in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the sense of hearing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of a sound.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''audit'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The sense or act of [[m|en|hearing]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Hearing about something, [[m|en|hearsay]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A sound.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|preaching|alt=Preaching]]; attendance at lectures.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[audiēns]]

+ * [[audientia]]

+ * [[audiō]]

+ * [[audītiō]]

+ * [[audītor]]

+ * [[audītōriālis]]

+ * [[audītōrium]]

+ * [[audītōrius]]

+ * [[en|audit]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''audītus'' is also the perfect participle of [[audiō]], sometimes used as an adjective meaning “known”, as in Cicero.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}