nominito

Pronunciation

• Classical: [noːˈmɪ.nɪ.toː]^[1]
• Ecclesiastical: [noˈmiː.ni.to]^[1]

Forms

nōminitō (present infinitive nōminitāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin nōminō (“to name”) + -itō, a frequentative.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is first found in Lucretius,^[4][3] who speaks of hunc mōtum quem sēnsum nōminitāmus, “this motion that we call sense”.^[4][5]

Semantic evolution

Lucretius uses it several times in the sense “to call, name”,^[4][3][6] and it also appears in an inscription.^[4][3] Lewis & Short label it ante- and post-classical;^[4] its later user is Arnobius.^[3][6]

Timeline

• 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses nōminitāmus, “we call”.^[4][7]
• 297–310 AD – Arnobius uses it.^[3][6][7]

Meanings

Verb

1. To call, name, term.^[2][4][3]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d e f g Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
4. ^ a b c d e f g Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
6. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de