caelator Latin · revision 9928

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkae̯.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''caelātor''' ''m'' (genitive caelātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|caelō|-tor|t1=to engrave, carve in relief]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, who uses it in the ''Verrines''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a worker in bas-relief, a chaser or engraver of metal, as in Cicero and Quintilian, and an inscription names an engraver of the imperial household.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a carver, engraver, glossed Old English ''grǣfere''.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|engraver]], chaser, worker in relief.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[caelō]]

+ * [[caelātūra]]

+ * [[caelum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}