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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la concipiō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔŋˈkɛp.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛp.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''conceptiō''' ''f'' (genitive conceptiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|concipiō|-tiō|t1=to take in, conceive]], from [[m|la|con-]] and [[capiō]] “to take”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are Cicero, of conception in the womb and of a legal formula.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the conceiving of offspring, conception, pregnancy, and in law a set form of words, a formula, both in Cicero; in Vitruvius a comprehensive system, as ''mundī conceptiō tōta'' “the whole system of the world”; and in Gellius a mental concept, notion.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means conception, concept.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for an idea, an intention, a grasp, and offspring.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of the conception of Christ and for the feast of the Conception (8 December).^(DMLBS) English ''conception'' (early 14th century) is from it through Old French.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of conception and of a legal formula.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of a system.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of a concept.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 14th century – English ''conception'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|conception|alt=Conception]] (in the womb); [[m|en|pregnancy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # A comprehensive system.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' A set [[m|en|formula]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # A [[m|en|concept]], notion.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An intention; offspring.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[conceptionalis]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[concipiō]]
+ * [[conceptus]]
+ * [[capiō]]
+ * [[en|conception]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}