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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [kõː.sɔ.lɪˈdaː.ti.oː][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [kon.so.liˈdat.t͡si.o][1]

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]

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