denominatio

Forms

dēnōminātiō f (genitive dēnōminātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin dēnōminō + -tiō.^[2][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It first appears in the Rhetorica ad Herennium as the rhetorical term for metonymy, the use of the name of one thing for another related to it.^[4][5][6]

Semantic evolution

In rhetoric it rendered the Greek term for metonymy, as when Mars stands for war,^[3] and Quintilian discusses it.^[4][5] Grammarians used it for the derivation of a word,^[2][7] and Diomedes for paronomasia.^[7] In the general sense of a naming or designation it is found in Euanthius and in the Codex Theodosianus,^[3][7] and Boethius makes it a term of arithmetic.^[3]

Medieval Latin added the senses stipulation and recognition of a lord's suzerainty,^[8][9] and used it for a naming, an enumeration and an exact designation in grammar, logic and theology.^[10][11] English denomination (late 14th century) comes from it through Old French,^[12] and Italian denominazione too.^[7]

Timeline

• 86–82 BC – The Rhetorica ad Herennium uses it for metonymy.^[4][5][13]
• c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian discusses it.^[4][5][13]
• 2nd half of the 4th century AD – Diomedes uses it for paronomasia.^[7][13]
• 438 AD – The Codex Theodosianus uses it for a designation.^[3][5][13]
• late 14th century – English denomination appears.^[12]

Meanings

Noun

1. (rhetoric) metonymy.^[2][4][3]
2. (grammar) derivation.^[2][7]
3. (rhetoric) paronomasia.^[7]
4. A naming, designation.^[3][5][7]
5. (mathematics) A technical term of arithmetic in Boethius.^[3]
6. (Medieval Latin) A stipulation.^[8]
7. (Medieval Latin, feudal law) Recognition of a lord's suzerainty.^[8][9]

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d e f g h Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
4. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c d e f Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
7. ^ a b c d e f g h Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
8. ^ a b c Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
9. ^ a b du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
10. ^ Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
11. ^ 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
12. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
13. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de