nomenclatio

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [noː.mɛŋˈkɫaː.ti.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [no.meŋˈklat.t͡si.o]^[1]

Forms

nōmenclātiō f (genitive nōmenclātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from nōmen “name”, calō “to call” and the suffix -tiō; compare nōmenclātor.^[2][1][3] De Vaan traces ⟨nōmen⟩ to Proto-Italic *nōm-n-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neh₃-mn̥ (“name”).^[4] He traces ⟨calō⟩ to Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is Quintus Cicero's Commentariolum petitionis, on addressing voters by name.^[5][6][2] Köbler dates it to Cicero's time, 81–43 BC.^[3]

Semantic evolution

Very rare, it meant addressing by name, as in Quintus Cicero's handbook for candidates, and a naming of things, nomenclature, as in Columella.^[2][5][6]

Timeline

• 81–43 BC – Quintus Cicero uses it.^[2][3]
• 1st century AD – Columella uses it of nomenclature.^[2][3]

Meanings

Noun

1. Addressing by name.^[2]
2. Nomenclature.^[2]

Related words

• nōmenclātor
• nōmen
• calō

References

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