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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]

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