caldor Latin · revision 9819

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=ine-pro *ḱelh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkaɫ.dɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkal.dor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''caldor''' ''m'' (genitive caldōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[caldus]], the contracted form of [[calidus]] “warm, hot”, with the suffix [[-or]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨caleō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*kalē-]], a stative verb from [[ine-pro|*ḱlh₁-eh₁-|t=to be hot]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Varro's ''Rēs rūsticae''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant heat, warmth, and Lewis & Short call it ante- and post-classical, citing Varro and Gellius, and Gaffiot adds a plural in Arnobius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|heat|alt=Heat]], warmth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[calor]]

+ * [[calidus]]

+ * [[caleō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}