lanista
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English
Etymology
Noun
lanista (plural lanistas or lanisti)
- (historical) The trainer or manager of a team of gladiators.
Etruscan
Romanization
lanista
- Romanization of 𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌀
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lanista m (plural lanisti)
- (historical) owner and trainer of gladiators
Further reading
- lanista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
According to Isidore, a borrowing from Etruscan (see Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌀 (lanista, “headsman; gladiator”)) and also derived from the verb laniō (see also lanius (“butcher”)).[1] Ernout and Meillet view the -a ending as supporting an Etruscan origin.[2] However, De Vaan suggests an Indo-European etymology for lanius (“butcher”) and questions the Etruscan origin of this word family.[3]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /laˈnis.ta/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈnis.ta/,
Noun
lanista m (genitive lanistae); first declension
- trainer or manager of a team of gladiators
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lanista | lanistae |
| Genitive | lanistae | lanistārum |
| Dative | lanistae | lanistīs |
| Accusative | lanistam | lanistās |
| Ablative | lanistā | lanistīs |
| Vocative | lanista | lanistae |
References
- ^ Isidore of Seville (c. 625) W. M. Lindsay, editor, Isidori Hispalensis episcopi etymologiarum sive originum, published 1911, retrieved 2024-04-19; republished as Bill Thayer, editor, Isidore of Seville: The Etymologies (or Origins), web, unknown date: “Lanista, gladiator, id est carnifex, Tusca lingua appellatus, a laniando scilicet corpora.”
- ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “lanista”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 340
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lanius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326
Further reading
- “lanista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lanista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lanista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lanista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lanista”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers