relocatio

Forms

relocātiō f (genitive relocātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin relocō (“to put back in place”).^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Caelius Aurelianus uses it in his Gynaecia for putting a prolapsed womb back in its place, rendering Ancient Greek καταστολή (katastolḗ).^[1]

Semantic evolution

In Neo-Latin it meant re-letting, as of a house in a document of 1598 from the archive of San Luca.^[2]

Timeline

• 5th century AD – Caelius Aurelianus uses it for the replacement of a prolapsed womb.^[1][3]
• 1598 – A deed in the archive of San Luca uses it for re-letting a house.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. (medicine) Putting back in its former place, reduction of a displaced organ.^[1]
2. (New Latin) Re-letting, subletting.^[2]

Related words

• reloco
• loco

References

1. ^ a b c d e Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
2. ^ a b c Ramminger, Johann, Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, www.neulatein.de
3. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de