calefacto Latin · revision 9816

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la caleō, la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ka.ɫɛˈfak.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.leˈfak.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''calefactō''' (present infinitive calefactāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|calefaciō|-tō|t1=to make warm]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Plautus' ''Rudens'', ''aquam calefactāre'' “to heat water”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to heat, warm, often or strongly, and Lewis & Short call it very rare and not in Cicero, citing Plautus and Horace.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Plautus also uses it jokingly, ''calefactāre virgīs'' “to warm with rods”, to beat.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to heat, make warm.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|heat]], warm (often or strongly).^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''calefactāre virgīs'': to beat.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[calefaciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}