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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [rɛˈwiː.si.oː][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [reˈviː.s̬i.o][1]

Forms

revīsiō f (genitive revīsiōnis); third declension[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin revideō (“to see again, revisit”) + -tiō.[1][2][3] The verb is formed from re- (“again”) and videō (“to see”).[1][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its only ancient source is a letter of Claudianus Mamertus to Sidonius Apollinaris, kept among Sidonius' letters.[2][3][5] Lewis & Short and Georges take it there as “a seeing again”, Gaffiot and Conte as “revision”.[2][3][6][7]

Semantic evolution

Stelten gives the Ecclesiastical senses examination, review and revision.[8] In legal Latin it was the re-examination of a case already judged, French révision,[9] and a French ordinance of 1419 uses it for a review of troops.[9] English revision came from it through French révision;[4] Italian revisione also continues it.[7]

Timeline

  • 1st half of the 5th century AD – Claudianus Mamertus uses it in a letter to Sidonius.[2][5]
  • 1419 – A French ordinance uses it of a review of troops.[9]
  • 1610s – English borrows revision through French.[4]

Meanings

Noun

  1. (Late Latin) A seeing again; a revision.[2][3][6][7]
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Examination, review.[8]
  3. (Medieval Latin, law) The re-examination of a judgment.[9]
  4. (Medieval Latin) A muster of troops.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  3. ^ a b c d Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
  4. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  5. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  6. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  7. ^ a b c Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
  8. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
  9. ^ a b c d e du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre