convictor Latin · revision 9973

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero the Younger|origins=ine-pro *gʷeyh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''convīctor''' ''m'' (genitive convīctōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[convīvō]] “to live together” with [[m|la|-tor]], and Wiktionary analyses it as [[m|la|con-]] with [[vīctus]] “living” and [[m|la|-tor]], modelled on ⟨convīvor⟩, and unrelated to [[victor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨vīvō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*gʷíh₃-we/o-|t=to live]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite a letter of Cicero's son in Cicero's ''Letters to Friends''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant one who lives with another on intimate terms, a table companion, messmate, familiar friend, as in Horace and Pliny the Younger.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a companion.^(DMLBS) Köbler also lists a Medieval Latin ''convictor'' from ''convincere'', a different word.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero's son uses it in a letter.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|companion]], messmate, intimate friend.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[convīctiō]]

+ * [[convīctus]]

+ * [[convīvor]]

+ * [[convīvō]]

+ * [[convīva]]

+ * [[vīvō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}