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migratio

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [mɪˈɡraː.ti.oː][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [miˈɡrat.t͡si.o][1]

Forms

migrātiō f (genitive migrātiōnis); third declension[1]

Etymology

It is from migrō “to move, change one's abode” with the suffix -tiō.[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.[4][5]

Semantic evolution

It meant a change of abode, a move, as in Cicero; in the Tusculans Cicero uses it of death as a migration to another place.[2][5] Lewis & Short call it classical.[6]

In Medieval Latin it meant death.[7] Alcuin writes that the death of a good man is a migration to a better life.[8] It gave English migration in the 1610s, of persons, and in the 1640s of animals.[3]

Timeline

  • 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.[4][5]
  • c. 800 AD – Alcuin uses it of death.[8]
  • 1610s – English migration is recorded.[3]

Meanings

Noun

  1. A change of abode, migration.[2]
  2. (Medieval Latin) Death, departure from life.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  4. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  5. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  6. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  7. ^ a b Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
  8. ^ a b 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