legislator Latin · revision 9942

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Livy|origins=la lēx, la lātor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɫeː.ɡɪsˈɫaː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [le.d͡ʒizˈlaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lēgislātor''' ''m'' (genitive lēgislātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''lēgumlātor'', in Livy.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the phrase ⟨lēgis lātor⟩ “proposer of a law”, from the genitive of [[lēx]] “law” and [[lātor]] “proposer”, the agent noun of ⟨lātus⟩, participle of [[ferō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline) Classical authors usually keep the phrase apart.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Livy for ''lēgumlātor'' and Valerius Maximus for ''lēgislātor'', and Köbler's earliest source is Tertullian.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD and Tertullian c. 160–220 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant one who proposes a law, a lawgiver, legislator.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means legislator, lawgiver, and British Medieval Latin applied it to Moses, to God or Christ, to the pope and to kings.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS) Medieval Latin used it also for a legal expert and a doomster.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''legislator'' (c. 1600) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy has ''lēgumlātor''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''legislator'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A proposer of a law, [[m|en|lawgiver]], [[m|en|legislator]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A legal expert; a [[m|en|doomster]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lēx]]

+ * [[lātor]]

+ * [[ferō]]

+ * [[en|legislator]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}