constitutum Latin · revision 10217

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnstitūtum''' ''n'' (genitive cōnstitūtī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[constitūtus]], the participle of [[cōnstituō]] “to set up, decide”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, and Gaffiot cites his ''Prō Caeliō'' for an agreed meeting place.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant an agreed arrangement, an appointment, a compact, as in Cicero; and an ordinance or decree, as in Seneca, and in architecture a conventional rule.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for a law, decree, regulation.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of an arrangement.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a decree.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An agreed arrangement, [[m|en|appointment]], [[m|en|agreement]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # An [[m|en|ordinance]], [[m|en|decree]].^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnstituō]]

+ * [[cōnstitūtiō]]

+ * [[statuō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}