conexio

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [koːˈnɛk.si.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koˈnɛk.si.o]^[1]

Forms

cōnexiō f (genitive cōnexiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin cōnectō (“to tie together”) + -tiō.^[2][1] It is also spelled connexiō.^[3][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

The TLL says that Cicero formed it, and he uses it once, defining fate as a chain of events holding each other through eternity.^[5][2] Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^[4]

Semantic evolution

After Cicero, Quintilian uses it six times, and it became more frequent from the 3rd century.^[5] It meant a junction, as of boundary lines in the land surveyors, a causal sequence, and an association or connection of ideas.^[2] Isidore and Servius use it of the locking of shields in a testudo, and Ambrose of the union of soul and body.^[3][6]

In medieval Latin it meant a connection or bond, the joining of parts of the body, a junction of waters and a logical connection.^[7][8] English connection is recorded in the late 14th century, also spelled connexion.^[9]

Timeline

• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the chain of fate.^[2][4]
• c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of connection.^[5][4]
• c. 340–397 AD – Ambrose uses it of the union of soul and body.^[3][4]
• late 14th century – English connection is recorded.^[9]

Meanings

Noun

1. A binding together, junction.^[2][1]
2. A causal sequence.^[2]
3. An association, connection.^[2][1]
4. (Late Latin) An organic union, as of soul and body.^[3][6]

Related words

• conecto
• English connection

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b c Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
6. ^ a b Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
7. ^ Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
8. ^ 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
9. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com