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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la pūblicus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pūblicātiō''' ''f'' (genitive pūblicātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pūblicō|-tiō|t1=to confiscate, make public]], from [[pūblicus]] “public”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Cicero, of confiscation, and Lewis & Short cite his ''Catilinarians''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the appropriation of property by the state, confiscation, as in Cicero, and a sale by auction; later it meant disclosure, publication.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ English ''publication'' (late 14th century, “making publicly known”) is from it, and German ''Publikation'' too.^(Etymonline)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * late 14th century – English ''publication'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|confiscation|alt=Confiscation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Disclosure, [[m|en|publication]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[publico]]

+ * [[pūblicus]]

+ * [[en|publication]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}