lapidatio Latin · revision 10154

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la lapis}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lapidātiō''' ''f'' (genitive lapidātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lapidō|-tiō|t1=to stone]], from [[lapis]] “stone”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨lapis⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*la/eped-⟩, compares Umbrian ⟨vapeře⟩ “stone seat” and [[grc|λέπας|tr=lépas|t=bare rock]], and takes it as probably a Mediterranean loanword.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, who writes ''fit magna lapidātiō'' “a great shower of stones follows”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the throwing of stones, a stoning, as in Cicero's ''Verrines''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for stoning a person and, with ''grandinis'', for a hailstorm.^(DMLBS) English ''lapidation'' (1610s, “stoning to death”) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – English ''lapidation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A throwing of stones, [[m|en|stoning]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|hailstorm]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lapidō]]

+ * [[lapis]]

+ * [[en|lapidation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}