appretiatio

Forms

appretiātiō f (genitive appretiātiōnis); third declension^[1][2] Also spelled adpretiātiō; medieval spellings include appreciatio.^[3][4]

Etymology

It is from Latin appretiō (“to value, appraise”) + -tiō.^[5][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its first source is the Itala, in one manuscript of Leviticus, where money is to be taken ab adpretiātiōne suā, “from its valuation”; the Vulgate has pretium in the same verse.^[5][1][2]

Semantic evolution

In Late Latin it is otherwise rare: Marius Mercator uses it in his translation of a homily of Proclus.^[5]

Medieval Latin made it an everyday word of business and law: the fixing of a price or tax, and the price or value itself.^[6][4] English court rolls of 1199 name the men who took part in the valuation of chattels,^[7] and German documents use it of value and of payment.^[4] In Poland it could also mean a hire or lease.^[8]

Timeline

• after 220 AD – The Itala uses it in Leviticus.^[5][3]
• 1199 – English court rolls use it of a valuation of chattels.^[7]

Meanings

Noun

1. (Late Latin) Valuation, estimation.^[5][1][2]
2. (Medieval Latin) Appraisal; the fixing of a price or tax.^[6][7]
3. (Medieval Latin) Price, value; payment.^[6][4]

References

1. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
2. ^ a b c Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
3. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b c d Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
5. ^ a b c d e Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
6. ^ a b c Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
7. ^ a b c 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
8. ^ Lexicon mediae et infimae Latinitatis Polonorum (1953–), Kraków: Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN; electronic ed. elexicon.scriptores.pl