memorator Latin · revision 9755

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Propertius|origins=la memor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''memorātor''' ''m'' (genitive memorātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|memorō|-tor|t1=to recount]], from [[m|la|memor|t=mindful]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its source is Propertius, ''tuī cāsūs memorātor'' “one who recounts your fall”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Propertius 57/46–12 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Poetic, it meant one who relates or recounts, a storyteller.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for one who remembers, has a good memory.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One who relates, a [[m|en|storyteller]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' One who remembers.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[memor]]

+ * [[memorābilis]]

+ * [[memorāculum]]

+ * [[memorāliter]]

+ * [[memorālius]]

+ * [[memorandus]]

+ * [[memorātiō]]

+ * [[memorātrix]]

+ * [[memorātus]]

+ * [[memorē]]

+ * [[memorō]]

+ * [[memoria]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}