cogitatio Latin · revision 18085

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la agō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [koː.ɡɪˈtaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ko.d͡ʒiˈtat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōgitātiō''' ''f'' (genitive cōgitātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|cōgitō|-tiō|t1=to think, consider]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|cōgitō]] is [[m|la|con-]] and [[m|la|agitō|t=to set in motion, turn over in the mind]], the frequentative of [[m|la|agō|t=to drive, do]];^(OLD 2012) Varro already explained it so.^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|agō]] to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler first records it in Varro and Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) Varro uses it of deliberation before acting, and the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' of the things that rest on our planning and thought.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Cōgitātiō'' is the act of thinking, reflection, and thought directed to a future action, deliberation (Cicero: an impulse that urges us to do something without reflection).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also philosophical speculation, thought as opposed to reality, the thinking faculty, the mind, and the outcome of thinking, an idea (Cicero: ''posteriōrēs enim cōgitātiōnēs … sapientiōrēs solent esse'', “second thoughts are usually wiser”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) From these come “opinion, view”, “intention, plan, design”, “concern for someone” and “expectation”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “thought, plan, design”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|cogitation]] comes from it through Old French about 1200.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of deliberation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''posteriōrēs enim cōgitātiōnēs … sapientiōrēs solent esse''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English [[m|en|cogitation]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Thinking, [[m|en|reflection]], thought.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|deliberation]]; speculation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The thinking faculty, the mind.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A thought, an [[m|en|idea]]; an opinion, view.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An intention, plan, [[m|en|design]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Concern (for someone); expectation.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōgitō]]

+ * [[agitō]]

+ * [[agō]]

+ * [[en|cogitation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}