nominatim

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [noː.mɪˈnaː.tĩː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [no.miˈnaː.tim]^[1]

Forms

nōminātim (comparative nōminātius, superlative nōminātissimē)^[1]

Etymology

It is from nōminō “to name” with the adverbial suffix ⟨-im⟩, from nōmen (“name”).^[2][3][1] De Vaan traces ⟨nōmen⟩ to Proto-Italic *nōm-n-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neh₃-mn̥ (“name”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is Plautus' Rudens, ibi ego dīcam quidquid inerit nōminātim “there I will say by name whatever is inside”.^[3][5] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant by name, naming specifically, one by one, in detail, as in Plautus, the Rhetorica ad Herennium, Cicero and Caesar; and expressly, specifically, as in Cicero.^[2][3][6]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant by name, expressly, namely.^[7] British Medieval Latin used it for by name, as in Aldhelm.^[8]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^[3][5]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^[6][5]

Meanings

Adverb

1. By name.^[2]
2. Expressly, specifically.^[2]

Related words

• nōminō
• nōmen

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ 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 c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
8. ^ 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