reparatio

Forms

reparātiō f (genitive reparātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin reparō (“to restore, renew”) + -tiō.^[2][3][1] De Vaan treats parō (“to prepare”) as probably a verb made from a noun Proto-Italic *parāje/o-, going back to Proto-Indo-European *prh₃-o- (“providing”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

The TLL finds it only in prose, from the 3rd century on.^[2] Köbler's first dated author is Prudentius,^[5] who in a hymn of the Cathemerinon speaks of the renewal of life (reparatio vitae).^[6][7][8]

Semantic evolution

An inscription records the restoration of baths, Vegetius the repair of walls and siege engines, and Orosius the rebuilding of what had burnt and the restoration of the human race.^[3][6] In Ecclesiastical Latin it means reparation, regeneration and healing.^[9] Medieval British Latin used it for the recovery of something lost, such as the Holy Land.^[10] Neo-Latin humanists wrote of the recovery of unknown things and of the restoration of the Latin language.^[11] English reparation, at first “repair” and also “amends”, comes from it, partly through Old French reparacion.^[12]

Timeline

• AD 348/49–c. 413 – Prudentius speaks of the renewal of life.^[6][5]
• AD 417/418 – Orosius uses it of rebuilding and of the restoration of mankind.^[3][5]
• late 14th century – English reparation appears.^[12]
• 1490 – Sabellicus writes of the restoration of the Latin language.^[11]

Meanings

Noun

1. restoration, renewal, rebuilding.^[6][3][7]
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) reparation, regeneration, healing.^[9]
3. (Medieval Latin) recovery of something lost.^[10]

Related words

• reparābilis
• reparātor
• English reparation

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
3. ^ a b c d Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
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 Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
7. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
8. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
9. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
10. ^ a b 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
11. ^ a b Ramminger, Johann, Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, www.neulatein.de
12. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com