ratiocinor Latin · revision 10097

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ra.tiˈoː.kɪ.nɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [rat.t͡siˈɔː.t͡ʃi.nor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ratiōcinor''' (present infinitive ratiōcinārī, perfect active ratiōcinātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ratiō]] “reckoning, reason” with the suffix [[m|la|-cinor]], which is generally traced to [[canō]] “to sing, recite”; compare [[vāticinor]] and [[sermōcinor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨ratiō⟩ from ⟨ratus⟩, the participle of [[reor]] “to reckon”, [[ine-pro|*Hreh₁-]].^(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 to keep accounts, compute, calculate, as in Cicero's ''dē pecūniā ratiōcinārī'' “to make money calculations”; to reason, consider, deliberate, also in Cicero; and transitively in Vitruvius to calculate, consider something, and Lewis & Short call it rare but in good prose.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to reckon, compute, calculate.^(Stelten 1995) English ''ratiocinate'' (1640s) is from its participle ''ratiōcinātus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 1640s – English ''ratiocinate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To keep accounts, [[m|en|compute]], [[m|en|calculate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|reason]], consider.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ratiōcinātiō]]

+ * [[ratiōcinātīvus]]

+ * [[ratiōcinātor]]

+ * [[ratiōcinium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ratiō]]

+ * [[reor]]

+ * [[en|ratiocination]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}