ardifetus Latin · revision 9887

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Varro|origins=la ārdeō, la fētus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aːr.dɪˈfeː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ar.diˈfɛː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ārdifētus''' (feminine ārdifēta, neuter ārdifētum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[ārdeō]] “to burn” and [[fētus]] “pregnant”, and the TLL thinks Varro coined it from ⟨ardor⟩ and ⟨fētus⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨fētus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*fēto-]], from [[ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-to-|t=having given birth]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It occurs only in Varro's ''Menippean Satires'', of a lamp or torch, quoted by Nonius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Poetic, it meant pregnant with fire, flaming, of a lamp.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Pregnant with fire, [[m|en|flaming]] (of a lamp).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ārdeō]]

+ * [[fētus]]

+ * [[ardor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}