sportulan.

Brit.

/ˈspɔːtjᵿlə/, U.S.

/ˈspɔrtjələ/

Inflections: Plural sportulae.

Forms: 1600s sportule (plural), 1600s– sportula.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sportula.

Etymology: < classical Latin sportula small basket, dole, gift, in post-classical Latin also offering to the clergy (3rd cent.) < sporta sport n.² + -ula -ula suffix. Compare earlier sportule n.

Church History and Roman History.

A gift of food or money; a dole, an alms; a stipend, a fee.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > that which is given in charity

almsOE

almosec1330

charity1362

almousc1390

pittancea1425

common dole1463

goodc1475

almoignc1480

God's penny1550

sportula1606

basket-dole1618

trencher-fee1652

basket-alms1660

sedekah1839

poke-out1874

handout1882

gate-alms1896

1606 G. Carleton Tithes Examined v. f. 28^v Sportula was the stipend or allowance of each Presbyter or minister, which the Bishop then vsed to distribute among them, of the goods of the Church.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. sig. G 3 ^v There were some Sicles, some Meruiades,..Didrachmaes, and Sportulas.

1660 E. Warcupp tr. F. Schottus Italy ii. 225 He [sc. a cardinal] would not accept the stipend, nor the four sportule or Fees usually given to the Presidents of the Library.

1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) II. iv. xvii. 355 The Roman Sportula,..was an Alms receiv'd by Clients from their rich Patrons, in a Basket of that Name.

1758 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (new ed.) x. 243 The Sportula, so much talked of by Martial and Juvenal.., must have had a like tendency to produce idleness, debauchery, and a continual decay among the people. The parish-rates have at present the same bad consequences in England.

1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 392 As the University only accomplished the end of its existence through its regents, they alone..partook of its beneficia and sportulæ.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. ii. iv. 182 (note) These collections seem to have replaced in some degree the sportula of the wealthy, and the ostentatious largesses of the Emperors.

1913 Polit. Sci. Q. 28 157 Attention is then called to the ancient idea of beneficence and the lavish benefactions of the rich (games, sportula and donatives).

2001 H. Mouritsen Plebs & Politics in Late Rom. Republic (2004) v. 109 In the case of the plebs the favours were primarily of a material nature: donations of sportulae, dinners, games.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sportula
释义	sportulan. Brit. /ˈspɔːtjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˈspɔrtjələ/ Inflections: Plural sportulae. Forms: 1600s sportule (plural), 1600s– sportula. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sportula. Etymology: < classical Latin sportula small basket, dole, gift, in post-classical Latin also offering to the clergy (3rd cent.) < sporta sport n.² + -ula -ula suffix. Compare earlier sportule n. Church History and Roman History. A gift of food or money; a dole, an alms; a stipend, a fee. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > that which is given in charity almsOE almosec1330 charity1362 almousc1390 pittancea1425 common dole1463 goodc1475 almoignc1480 God's penny1550 sportula1606 basket-dole1618 trencher-fee1652 basket-alms1660 sedekah1839 poke-out1874 handout1882 gate-alms1896 1606 G. Carleton Tithes Examined v. f. 28^v Sportula was the stipend or allowance of each Presbyter or minister, which the Bishop then vsed to distribute among them, of the goods of the Church. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. sig. G 3 ^v There were some Sicles, some Meruiades,..Didrachmaes, and Sportulas. 1660 E. Warcupp tr. F. Schottus Italy ii. 225 He [sc. a cardinal] would not accept the stipend, nor the four sportule or Fees usually given to the Presidents of the Library. 1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) II. iv. xvii. 355 The Roman Sportula,..was an Alms receiv'd by Clients from their rich Patrons, in a Basket of that Name. 1758 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (new ed.) x. 243 The Sportula, so much talked of by Martial and Juvenal.., must have had a like tendency to produce idleness, debauchery, and a continual decay among the people. The parish-rates have at present the same bad consequences in England. 1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 392 As the University only accomplished the end of its existence through its regents, they alone..partook of its beneficia and sportulæ. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. ii. iv. 182 (note) These collections seem to have replaced in some degree the sportula of the wealthy, and the ostentatious largesses of the Emperors. 1913 Polit. Sci. Q. 28 157 Attention is then called to the ancient idea of beneficence and the lavish benefactions of the rich (games, sportula and donatives). 2001 H. Mouritsen Plebs & Politics in Late Rom. Republic (2004) v. 109 In the case of the plebs the favours were primarily of a material nature: donations of sportulae, dinners, games. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606
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