calumniatrix Latin · revision 9918

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ulpian|origins=itc-pro *kalwe/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ka.ɫʊm.niˈaː.triːks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.lum.niˈaː.triks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''calumniātrīx''' ''f'' (genitive calumniātrīcis, masculine calumniātor); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|calumnior|-trīx|t1=to accuse falsely]], the feminine of [[calumniātor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ⟨calumnia⟩ is from ⟨*kalwomnia⟩, from [[m|la|calvor|t=to deceive]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*kalwe/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*ḱh₂l-u-]] or, with the LIV, ⟨*ḱlh₁-u-⟩ “to call”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Ulpian in the Digest, and Köbler Jerome.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Ulpian before 223 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a woman who makes false accusations or claims, who plots against someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 383–419/420 AD – Jerome uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A female false accuser or claimant.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[calumniator]]

+ * [[calumnia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}