terminatio Latin · revision 10065

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [tɛr.mɪˈnaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ter.miˈnat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''terminātiō''' ''f'' (genitive terminātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|terminō|-tiō|t1=to bound, end]], from [[terminus]] “boundary”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, and the OLD's earliest citations include Cicero and Livy.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the marking of boundaries of a territory, as in Livy and inscriptions; a boundary, limit, borderland, as in Vitruvius; and an ending, close, as in Cicero; figuratively a fixing, determining.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means arrangement, fixing, decision, final modulation.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for demarcation, a boundary mark and a boundary.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''termination'' (late 14th century) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of marking boundaries.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The marking of boundaries.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|boundary]], limit.^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # An ending, [[m|en|conclusion]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A fixing, determining.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[terminō]]

+ * [[terminus]]

+ * [[en|termination]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}