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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Apuleius|origins=la calor}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ka.ɫoːˈraː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ka.loˈraː.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''calōrātus''' (feminine calōrāta, neuter calōrātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|calor|-ātus|t1=heat, ardour]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) ⟨calor⟩ is from [[m|la|caleō|t=to be warm]], which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*ḱlh₁-eh₁-|t=to be hot]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its earliest source is Apuleius, ''iuventūtis impetus calōrātus'' “the fiery impulse of youth”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Apuleius c. 125–175 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Post-classical and rare, it meant literally hot, heated, as of iron in Isidore and of hot days in Porphyrio, and figuratively hot, passionate, vehement, furious, as in Apuleius and Fulgentius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of passion.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore uses it of heated iron.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Hot, heated.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # [[m|en|passionate|alt=Passionate]], vehement.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[caldāmentum]]
+ * [[caldāria]]
+ * [[caldāriola]]
+ * [[caldārium]]
+ * [[caldārius]]
+ * [[caldor]]
+ * [[calefaciō]]
+ * [[calefactābilis]]
+ * [[calefactiō]]
+ * [[calefactō]]
+ * [[calor]]
+ * [[caleō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}