alarius Latin · revision 9907

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la āla}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aːˈɫaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈlaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ālārius''' (feminine ālāria, neuter ālārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Lewis & Short give a less frequent ''ālāris''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|āla|-ārius|t1=wing]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Etymonline explains ⟨āla⟩ from ⟨*axla⟩, originally the joint of the wing or arm, from [[ine-pro|*aks-|t=axis]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest sources are Cicero and Caesar.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC and Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In military language it meant of the wing of an army, as opposed to the legions, of the auxiliary cavalry, as in Caesar and Livy; in the masculine plural, ''ālāriī'' were the auxiliary troops or cavalry.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(military)'' Of the wings; of the [[m|en|auxiliary]] cavalry.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''ālāriī'': auxiliary troops or cavalry.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[āla]]

+ * [[ālātus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}