incorporatio

Forms

incorporātiō f (genitive incorporātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin incorporō (“to embody”) + -tiō.^[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Chalcidius uses it in his commentary on the Timaeus for the embodiment of souls, speaking of a soul not subject to it.^[2][3][4]

Semantic evolution

Christian writers used it for the incarnation of Christ, Gaudentius and Filastrius among them,^[2] and Cassiodorus too.^[5] In the Theodosian Code it is the taking of property into the public treasury.^[5][6][7]

Medieval Latin kept the sense of incarnation^[8][9] and added the annexation of a church or property, the taking in of food, and a mixing or union;^[9][10] British sources also use it for the admission of a member to a corporate body or university, and for inclusion in a collection.^[10] English incorporation (late 14th century) is from Old French or directly from Late Latin.^[11]

Timeline

• c. 300 AD – Chalcidius uses it for the embodiment of souls.^[2][3]
• 4th century AD – Gaudentius uses it for the incarnation of Christ.^[2][3]
• 438 AD – The Theodosian Code uses it for taking property into the treasury.^[5][7][3]
• late 14th century – English borrows it as incorporation.^[11]

Meanings

Noun

1. Embodiment, furnishing with a body.^[5][2]
2. (Christianity) The incarnation.^[2][8][12]
3. (law) The taking of property into the public treasury.^[5][6]
4. (Medieval Latin) Annexation of a church or property.^[10][9]
5. (Medieval Latin) The taking in of food, digestion.^[10][9]
6. (Medieval Latin) Admission to a corporate body.^[10]
7. (Medieval Latin) A mixing, union.^[9]

Related words

• incorporō
• corpus
• English incorporation

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
3. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
5. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
7. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
8. ^ a b Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
9. ^ a b c d e Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
10. ^ 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
11. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
12. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson