negator Latin · revision 9750

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Tertullian|origins=la negō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''negātor''' ''m'' (genitive negātōris, feminine negātrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|negō|-tor|t1=to deny]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short call it post-classical, citing Tertullian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Tertullian c. 160–220 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant one who denies, a denier, as in Tertullian, Prudentius and Sidonius, and Gaffiot renders Tertullian's and Prudentius' uses as a renegade, apostate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for one who denies a convention or a legal charge.^(DMLBS) It survives in French ''négateur'', Italian ''negatore'' and Spanish ''negador''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who denies, a denier.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A renegade, [[m|en|apostate]].^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[negātōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[negō]]

+ * [[negātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}