sequestratio

Forms

sequestrātiō f (genitive sequestrātiōnis); third declension^[1][2]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin sequestrō + -tiō,^[1][2] the verb being from Latin sequester (“depositary”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The Theodosian Code has it in the legal sense of depositing disputed money with a third party.^[1][2][3]

Semantic evolution

From the legal deposit it moved to the general sense of separation, found in Cassiodorus, Claudianus Mamertus and Alcimus Avitus.^[1][2][4] Glossaries render it with Ancient Greek μεσιτεία (mesiteía) and μεσεγγύη (mesengúē).^[5] It remained an ecclesiastical and legal word.^[6][3]

Timeline

• 438 AD – The Theodosian Code uses it of a deposit with a third party.^[1][3]
• c. 485–c. 580 AD – Cassiodorus uses it for a separation.^[1][3]

Meanings

Noun

1. (law) A depositing of disputed property with a third party, sequestration.^[1][2][7]
2. A separation.^[1][2][7]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g h Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
2. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
5. ^ Goetz, Georg (1888–1923), Corpus glossariorum Latinorum, Leipzig: Teubner; vols. VI–VII Thesaurus glossarum emendatarum, digital ed. CGLO, Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
6. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
7. ^ a b Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier