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+ {{homograph|1|to build (verb)}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la architectus}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ar.kʰɪˈtɛk.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ar.kiˈtɛk.tor]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''architector''' (present infinitive architectārī, perfect active architectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The verb is a deponent from [[architectus]] “architect”, and the TLL thinks it was altered from a Greek form or from ⟨architectus⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Gaffiot cites Vitruvius and, figuratively, the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates the ''Rhetorica'' 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to design or construct buildings, build, as in Vitruvius, and figuratively to design, plan, devise, procure, as in Cicero's ''De finibus'', and Lewis & Short call it rare.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Nepos has a passive participle ''architectātus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it figuratively.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of building.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To design or construct (buildings).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To devise, plan, procure.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+
+ {{homograph|2|architect (noun)}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Julius Valerius|origins=la architectus}}
+
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ar.kʰɪˈtɛk.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ar.kiˈtɛk.tor]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''architector''' ''m'' (genitive architectōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The noun is from [[architectus]] “architect” with the agent suffix [[-tor]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its earliest source is Julius Valerius, whom Köbler dates to the 4th century AD.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant an architect.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for an architect, master builder, for God as Creator, and, influenced by ''tēctor'', for a thatcher.^(DMLBS) English ''architector'' (obsolete) and French ''architecteur'' are from it.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 4th century AD – Julius Valerius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # An [[m|en|architect]], master builder.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(DMLBS)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|thatcher]].^(DMLBS)
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[architectus]]
+ * [[architectūra]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}