congressio Latin · revision 10018

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *gʰredʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔŋˈɡrɛs.si.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koŋˈɡrɛs.si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''congressiō''' ''f'' (genitive congressiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|congredior|-tiō|t1=to meet]], from [[m|la|con-]] and [[gradior]] “to step”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨gradior⟩ to Proto-Italic ⟨*grad-(e)i-⟩, [[ine-pro|*g(ʰ)r̥d(ʰ)-(e)i-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a coming together, a meeting, encounter, interview, as in Cicero's letters, where it is the opposite of ''dīgressiō'' “parting”; sexual intercourse, also in Cicero; and in Apuleius a clash with an enemy, engagement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ English ''congressional'' (1690s) is formed from its stem.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of meetings.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of a battle.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1690s – English ''congressional'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|meeting]], encounter, interview.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Sexual [[m|en|intercourse]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # An [[m|en|engagement]] (with an enemy).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[congredior]]

+ * [[congressus]]

+ * [[gradior]]

+ * [[en|congress]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}