nominator Latin · revision 9748

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ulpian|origins=ine-pro *h₃neh₃-mn̥}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [no.miˈnaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nōminātor''' ''m'' (genitive nōminātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nōminō|-tor|t1=to name]], from [[m|la|nōmen|t=name]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨nōmen⟩ to [[ine-pro|*h₃neh₃-mn̥|t=name]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Ulpian in the Digest, ''nōminātōrēs magistrātuum'' “nominators of magistrates”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Ulpian before 223 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In legal Latin it was a person who nominates a candidate for office, and Augustine uses it of one who gives a name.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a nominator.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for one who nominates for election.^(DMLBS) English ''nominator'' (1650s) is from it, as is French ''nominateur''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it of naming.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1650s – English ''nominator'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who nominates a [[m|en|candidate]] for office.^(OLD 2012)

+ # One who gives a name.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nōminātōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nōminō]]

+ * [[nōmen]]

+ * [[en|nominator]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}