instructor Latin · revision 9765

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnstrūctor''' ''m'' (genitive īnstrūctōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|īnstruō|-tor|t1=to equip, arrange]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨struō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*strow-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*strew-e/o-|t=to strew]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero, ''īnstrūctor convīviī'' “the arranger of a banquet”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a person who equips or arranges, a preparer, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was an instructor, an auditor, and in church trials a person, often a judge, appointed to gather proofs and present them to the judge.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a builder, and of God the Creator.^(DMLBS) English ''instructor'' (mid-15th century) came from Old French ''instructeur'' and Medieval Latin ''instructor'' “teacher”, and it is also Spanish ''instructor'' and Italian ''istruttore''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a banquet.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''instructor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who equips or arranges, a preparer.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|teacher]]; a builder.^(Etymonline)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' An officer who gathers proofs in a trial.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnstruō]]

+ * [[īnstrūctiō]]

+ * [[en|instructor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}