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partionarius (feminine partionaria, neuter partionarium); first/second-declension adjective, also used as a masculine noun[1] Niermeyer records the spellings portionarius, parcinarius and parcenarius for the noun.[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin partiō (“to share, divide”), with the suffix ⟨-ārius⟩.[2] The DMLBS labels it a Medieval Latin word.[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is a charter of 742.[2] Niermeyer's first sense is “concerning a division of property”.[1]

Semantic evolution

As an adjective it also described property held in common.[1] Used as a noun, it meant a joint owner, a parcener.[1][3] British records use it for co-owners and joint tenants of land, for example those holding a castle undivided, or owing one knight's service together.[3]

Timeline

  • 742 – A charter uses it.[2]
  • 1200 – A British charter names an abbot, a prior and all their partionarii as holders of villages.[3]
  • 1304 – A British register speaks of one knight's service done for a man and his co-owners.[3]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. (Medieval Latin) Concerning a partition of property.[1]
  2. (Medieval Latin) Owned jointly.[1]

Noun

  1. (Medieval Latin) A joint owner or tenant, a parcener.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
  2. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  3. ^ a b c d e f 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