relatus Latin · revision 9733

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈɫaː.tʊs], [rɛˈɫaː.tuːs]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''relātus''' ''m'' (genitive relātūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|referō|-tus|t1=to carry back, report]], a verbal noun of the fourth declension from the supine stem ⟨relāt-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Ovid.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the telling of events, narration, recital, as in Seneca and Tacitus; an official report, a motion put before the senate, as in Tacitus' ''Annals''; and the utterance of sounds in reply.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a recital, narrative.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of narration.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of an official report.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The telling of events, [[m|en|narration]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # An official [[m|en|report]], motion.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # The utterance of sounds in reply.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[referō]]

+ * [[relātiō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''relātus'' is also the perfect participle of [[referō]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}