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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈae̯.kʷɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.kʷor]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''aequor''' ''n'' (genitive aequoris); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Varro has the spelling ''aecor''.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[aequus]] “level, flat”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨aequus⟩ as probably ⟨*aikwos⟩, without a convincing etymology.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary suggests that the shift to “sea” may have been helped by the unrelated [[aqua]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's earliest source is Ennius, and the OLD's earliest citation is Accius, of a level surface.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC and Accius 170–c. 90 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant any smooth or level surface; a level stretch of ground, a plain, as in Varro and Cicero; above all in poetry the sea, especially as calm and flat; and in Ovid the waters of a river.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note that it is mostly poetic, found only once in Cicero and once in Sallust.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means the sea.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a plain and the sea.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it of a level surface.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a plain and of the sea.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of a river.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A level surface, [[m|en|expanse]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # A [[m|en|plain]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(chiefly poetic)'' The [[m|en|sea]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # The waters of a river.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[aequoreus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[aequus]]
+ * [[aequō]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Isidore of Seville derived ''aequor'' from ''aqua'' and also explained it as the sea that settles level again after storms.^(Isidore)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}