liberatio

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [liː.bɛˈraː.ti.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [li.beˈrat.t͡si.o]^[1]

Forms

līberātiō f (genitive līberātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from līberō “to set free” with the suffix -tiō, from līber “free”.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of deliverance from something.^[2] Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant a setting free, release, deliverance, as in Cicero and Quintilian, and in Cicero an acquittal.^[2][5] In Ulpian it meant a release from debt.^[2]

British Medieval Latin used it for liberating, releasing, and of the deliverance of God's people.^[6] It survives in French livraison “delivery”, and through Old French libération it gave English liberation in the early 15th century.^[1][3]

Timeline

• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^[2][4]
• before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of release from debt.^[2][4]
• early 15th century – English liberation is recorded.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. A setting free, release, liberation.^[2]
2. An acquittal.^[2]
3. A release from debt.^[2]

Related words

• līberō
• līber
• līberātor
• English liberation

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ 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