repausatio

Forms

repausātiō f (genitive repausātiōnis); third declension.^[1][2]

Etymology

It is from Latin repausō (“to rest”) + -tiō.^[1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The Latin Didascalia apostolorum (about 400 AD) speaks of giving money to the bishop for the reception of strangers and the relief of the afflicted.^[1][3][4]

Semantic evolution

In translations of Greek Christian texts it usually renders Ancient Greek ἀνάπαυσις (anápausis); it was used of the rest and refreshment of the body and of eternal rest.^[1] Cassiodorus, on the Psalms, assigns the seventh day to rest, and Caesarius of Arles calls the monastery a harbour of quiet and rest.^[1] It also named a place of rest.^[1][5]

In Medieval Latin it also meant death and a tomb.^[5] In Britain it was a halt for rest on a journey, a pause in a line of verse and a rest in singing.^[6]

Timeline

• c. 400 AD – The Latin Didascalia apostolorum uses it for the relief of the afflicted.^[1][3]
• c. 485–c. 580 AD – Cassiodorus assigns the seventh day to rest.^[1][3]
• first half of the 6th century AD – Caesarius of Arles calls the monastery a harbour of quiet and rest.^[1][3]

Meanings

Noun

1. (Late Latin) rest, repose, refreshment.^[1][2][4][5]
2. (Late Latin) A resting-place.^[1][5]
3. (Medieval Latin) Death; a tomb.^[5]
4. (Medieval Latin) A pause in a line of verse; in music, a rest.^[6]

Usage notes

A Greek–Latin glossary equates it with Ancient Greek καταλυτήριον (katalutḗrion).^[1] Du Cange treats it as the same as pausatorium.^[7]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
2. ^ a b Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
3. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
5. ^ a b c d e Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
6. ^ 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
7. ^ du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre