visitatio Latin · revision 10048

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vīsitātiō''' ''f'' (genitive vīsitātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vīsitō|-tiō|t1=to see often, visit]], the frequentative of [[vīsō]] “to go to see”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan explains ⟨vīsō⟩ as a desiderative of [[videō]], [[ine-pro|*weyd-|t=to see]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Vitruvius, and Köbler's earliest source is Vitruvius.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Vitruvius it meant a frequent seeing, a sight, appearance; post-classically it meant a visit, as in Tertullian.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means visitation, visit.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a visit of inspection and a compulsory gift to a lord.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary and of divine grace.^(DMLBS) English ''visitation'' (c. 1300) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of a sight.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of a visit.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''visitation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A frequent seeing; a sight, appearance.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A [[m|en|visit]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A [[m|en|visitation]].^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An inspection.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vīsitō]]

+ * [[vīsō]]

+ * [[videō]]

+ * [[en|visitation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}