dogmaticus

Forms

dogmaticus (feminine dogmatica, neuter dogmaticum); first/second-declension adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek δογματικός (dogmatikós, “doctrinal”),^[1][2][3] from δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, decree”), the source of dogma.^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its first record is in Ausonius (c. 310–394 AD), who writes of a school that stirs up, in gentle contest, disputes of philosophical doctrine (dogmaticas lites).^[2][4][3]

Semantic evolution

Augustine uses it of the physicians of the Dogmatic school, as opposed to the Empirics, and Rufinus of what concerns the Christian faith.^[5][4] The Christian sense, “belonging to Christian teaching”, continued in the Middle Ages.^[6][7] A library catalogue of 821–822 uses it as a noun for a physician of the Dogmatic school,^[8] and British glossaries explain it as “learned, wise”.^[9][10]

Italian dogmatico and French dogmatique continue it.^[1][5]

Timeline

• c. 310–394 AD – Ausonius writes of philosophical disputes.^[2][4][3]
• 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it of physicians of the Dogmatic school.^[5][4][3]
• c. 345–411/412 AD – Rufinus uses it of the Christian faith.^[5][3]
• 821–822 – A library catalogue uses it as a noun for a physician.^[8][3]
• c. 1427 – A verse in a British chronicle warns against wanting to know more than the learned did.^[9]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Relating to a philosophical doctrine, dogmatic.^[2][11]
2. Of physicians: belonging to the Dogmatic school, as opposed to the Empirics.^[5]
3. (Late Latin) Relating to Christian doctrine.^[5][6][7]
4. (Medieval Latin) Learned, wise.^[9][10]

Noun

1. (Medieval Latin) A physician of the Dogmatic school.^[8]
2. (Medieval Latin) A learned man, scholar.^[9]

Related words

• dogma
• English dogmatic

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
3. ^ a b c d e f g Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b c d Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
5. ^ a b c d e f Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
6. ^ a b Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
7. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
8. ^ a b c Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
9. ^ a b c d 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
10. ^ a b du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
11. ^ Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn