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admissio

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [adˈmɪs.si.oː][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [adˈmis.si.o][1]

Forms

admissiō f (genitive admissiōnis); third declension[1]

Etymology

It is from admittō “to let in, admit” with the suffix -tiō.[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of controlled mating of animals.[2] Köbler's first source is Seneca; he dates Varro 116–27 BC.[4]

Semantic evolution

In Varro it meant the controlled mating of domestic animals, in medicine the application of a remedy, and in Seneca admission to an audience with a great man.[2]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant admission, entrance, an audience, and the entering upon an inheritance, and in canon law the superior's conferring of an office.[5] British Medieval Latin used it for admission to a benefice, to court, to the peace, and to a degree.[6] It survives in Italian ammissione and Spanish admisión, and gave English admission in the early 15th century.[1][3]

Timeline

  • 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the mating of animals.[2][4]
  • 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of admission to an audience.[2][4]
  • early 15th century – English admission is recorded.[3]

Meanings

Noun

  1. Controlled mating (of animals).[2]
  2. (medicine) Application.[2]
  3. Admission to an audience.[2]
  4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) The conferring of an office.[5]
  5. (Medieval Latin) Admission to a benefice or a degree.[6]

Word family

  • admissionalis

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  5. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
  6. ^ a b Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press