gloriatio

Forms

glōriātiō f (genitive glōriātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin glōrior (“to boast”) + -tiō, from glōria (“glory”).^[2][1] De Vaan reports the etymology of ⟨glōria⟩ as ⟨*gnōria⟩ “knowledge, fame”, akin to gnārus and ignōrō, as accepted by some scholars and rejected by others.^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Lewis & Short call it a word formed by Cicero, in the De finibus.^[4][5] Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant boasting, glorying, vaunting, exulting.^[2][4]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant glory, boasting.^[7] British Medieval Latin used it for a boast, boasting, as in Bede.^[8] English gloriation is from it.^[1]

Timeline

• 81–43 BC – Cicero coins it.^[4][6]

Meanings

Noun

1. Boasting, glorying, vaunting.^[2][4]

Related words

• glōrior
• glōria
• glōriōsus

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
7. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
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