resuscitatio

Forms

resuscitātiō f (genitive resuscitātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin resuscitō (“to revive”) + -tiō.^[1][2][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It first appears in Tertullian's treatise on the resurrection of the flesh, for the raising of someone from the dead.^[3][2][4]

Semantic evolution

Lewis & Short label it Ecclesiastical Latin.^[3] In British Medieval Latin it kept the raising from the dead, as of Lazarus in Bede,^[5] and was also used for a restoration or renewal: Bede speaks of the restoration of the synagogue, and Henry of Huntingdon of the restoration of England.^[5] English took it over in the early 15th century as resuscitation, for restoration to life and figuratively for revival.^[6]

Timeline

• c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it for the raising of the dead.^[3][7]
• early 15th century – English borrows it, from Old French or directly from Late Latin, as resuscitation.^[6]

Meanings

Noun

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) A raising from the dead, resuscitation.^[3][2]
2. (Medieval Latin) A re-establishment, renewal, restoration.^[5]

Related words

• English resuscitation

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
3. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
5. ^ a b c 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
6. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
7. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de