iurisconsultus Latin · revision 9986

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la iūs, la cōnsultus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [juː.rɪs.kõːˈsʊɫ.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ju.ris.konˈsul.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iūriscōnsultus''' ''m'' (genitive iūriscōnsultī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''iūreconsultus'', and often written as two words.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of ⟨iūris⟩, genitive of [[iūs]] “law”, and [[cōnsultus]] “skilled”.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨iūs⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*jowos⟩ “oath, law”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Cicero's ''Dē ōrātōre''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant one skilled in the law, a lawyer, jurist, jurisconsult, as in Cicero, Quintilian and Gellius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means skilled in the law, and as a noun lawyer, judge.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a jurist.^(DMLBS) Italian ''giureconsulto'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|jurist]], [[m|en|lawyer]], [[m|en|jurisconsult]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iūs]]

+ * [[cōnsultus]]

+ * [[cōnsulō]]

+ * [[en|jurisconsult]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The OLD treats it under ''cōnsultus''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}