identifico

Forms

identificō (present infinitive identificāre, perfect active identificāvī, supine identificātum); first conjugation^[1] Also spelled idemptificō and idemtificō.^[2]

Etymology

It is a Medieval Latin verb, from Latin īdem (“the same”) + -ficō (“making”).^[1][3] The eLexicon Polonorum analyses it as ⟨idem⟩ + faciō (“to make”).^[2]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is a word of the scholastic philosophers: the DMLBS cites it from Duns Scotus and Wyclif, meaning to treat as identical.^[3]

Semantic evolution

In logic and philosophy it meant to identify or treat as identical.^[3][1] In Polish medieval texts it occurs only in the passive, “to be identical, become one” with something, construed with the dative, with cum or with in.^[2] Ecclesiastical Latin dictionaries give the same sense, “be identical with”.^[4]

Meanings

Verb

1. (Medieval Latin, logic, philosophy) To identify, treat as identical.^[3][1]
2. (Medieval Latin, passive) To be identical with, become one with.^[2][4]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Lexicon mediae et infimae Latinitatis Polonorum (1953–), Kraków: Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN; electronic ed. elexicon.scriptores.pl
3. ^ 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
4. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson