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territorialis

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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [tɛr.rɪ.toː.riˈaː.lɪs][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [ter.ri.to.riˈaː.lis][1]

Forms

territōriālis (neuter territōriāle); third-declension two-termination adjective[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin territōrium (“territory”) + -ālis.[1][2][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is found in the Roman land surveyors (the Gromatici), of termini “boundary stones” belonging to a territory.[3][2][4]

Semantic evolution

In antiquity the dictionaries record it only from the land surveyors.[3][2][5] Ecclesiastical Latin uses it for “territorial”, with the adverb territorialiter.[6] English borrowed it in the 1620s as territorial, “of or pertaining to a land or territory”.[7]

Timeline

  • 1620s – English borrows it as territorial.[7]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. Of or belonging to a territory, territorial.[3][2][8][6]

References

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