sator Latin · revision 9731

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *seh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsa.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sator''' ''m'' (genitive satōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|serō|-tor|t1=to sow]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨serō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*si-se/o-|t=to sow]], from [[ine-pro|*si-sh₁-e/o-|t=to sow]], with the participle ⟨satus⟩ from ⟨*sh₁-to-⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a sower, planter, as in Varro, Lucretius and Cicero; a founder, progenitor, usually divine, as in Virgil's ''hominum sator atque deōrum'' of Jupiter; and figuratively one who sows the seeds of something, an originator, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a sower, begetter, source.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for one who sows or plants, also figuratively.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a sower.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of Jupiter.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of an originator.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|sower]], planter.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A founder, [[m|en|progenitor]] (usually divine).^(OLD 2012)

+ # One who sows the seeds of something, an originator.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lucisator]]

+ * [[uītisator]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[serō]]

+ * [[satus]]

+ * [[sēmen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}