ariditas Latin · revision 9884

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''āriditās''' ''f'' (genitive āriditātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|āridus|-tās|t1=dry]], from [[m|la|āreō|t=to be dry]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨āreō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*ās-ē-|t=to be dry]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂eh₁s-eh₁-|t=to be dry]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Varro, and Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Pliny.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant dryness, drought, as in Pliny, and Palladius uses ''āriditās fimī'' for dry dung.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for dryness, in the theory of the elements, and for a withered part of the body.^(DMLBS) German ''Aridität'' is from it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|dryness|alt=Dryness]], [[m|en|drought]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[āridus]]

+ * [[āreō]]

+ * [[ārea]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}