consolidatio

Forms

cōnsolidātiō f (genitive cōnsolidātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin cōnsolidō (“to make solid, consolidate”) + -tiō.^[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

It appears first as a legal term in Ulpian, in the Digest, for the merging of a usufruct with the ownership of the property.^[2][3][4]

Semantic evolution

In Roman law the word named the case in which the holder of a usufruct acquired the property itself, so that the two rights merged;^[2][5][3] Justinian's Institutes state that this is called consolidatio.^[2][5][3] Outside law, Vegetius' veterinary treatise uses it for the binding or hardening effect of astringent remedies.^[3][6]

Medieval Latin used it for solidifying in natural philosophy and, in medicine, for the healing and knitting of wounds and broken bones;^[7][8] it also meant making something firm or secure, the confirmation of a peace or of a legal procedure, and the merging of a usufruct with ownership.^[7][8] English borrowed it about 1400 for the knitting of wounds and bones.^[9]

Timeline

• before AD 223 – Ulpian uses it for the merging of usufruct and ownership.^[2][4]
• c. 400 – Vegetius uses it of the effect of astringent remedies.^[3][4]
• 1352 – An English account records money spent on the consolidatio (securing) of glass windows.^[8]
• c. 1400 – English borrows it as consolidacioun, of wounds and broken bones.^[9]

Meanings

Noun

1. (law) The merging of a usufruct with the ownership of the property, consolidation.^[2][5]
2. Binding, astringency (of remedies).^[3][6]
3. (Medieval Latin) Making firm, securing; confirmation (of a peace, a legal procedure).^[8][7]
4. (Medieval Latin, medicine) The healing or knitting of wounds and fractures.^[8][7]

Related words

• solidus
• English consolidation

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d e f Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
7. ^ a b c d Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
8. ^ a b c d e 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