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appretiatio

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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