nota Latin · revision 2885

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnɔ.ta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnɔː.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nota''' ''f'' (genitive notae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) It is traditionally connected with [[nosco|alt=nōscō]] “to get to know”, as “a means of recognition”, and the OLD takes it as cognate with that verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan, however, follows Schrijver in holding that it cannot come from the root of ''nōscō'', nor from that of [[grc|ὀνόσασθαι|tr=onósasthai|t=to blame]].^(de Vaan 2008) Schrijver tentatively derived it from *snot-ā, from the root of [[sentio|alt=sentiō]] “to perceive”, which works for the meaning but is less likely if [[got|𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=sandjan|t=to send]] is related.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucilius onwards.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Cicero promises a friend to put “the mark we agreed” on his other letters.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a [[m|en|mark]] for identifying or distinguishing something, such as a brand on animals, a marker, or a sign put against a passage in a book.^(OLD 2012) The censors' ''nota'' against a citizen's name was a mark of disgrace, and so it came to mean disgrace itself.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) A wine's ''nota'', probably first a label on the jar, was its quality or vintage.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It was a written character or symbol, as the shorthand signs called ''notae Tironianae'', a signal or nod, and a sign or token of something.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It was also a mark left by teeth or blows, and a spot or stain.^(OLD 2012) In Medieval Latin it was a musical [[m|en|note]] and musical notation,^(Niermeyer 1976)^(LmL) and in Neo-Latin also a printer's type.^(Ramminger) English ''note'' came from French and Latin about 1300, first in music.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it for a mark on letters.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it for the mark of a bite and for a wine's vintage.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''note'' is first recorded, of music.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|mark]], sign; a brand.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A marker.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A mark in a text, critical sign.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The censor's mark; disgrace, [[m|en|stigma]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The quality or vintage (of wine).^(OLD 2012)

+ # A written character; a shorthand sign.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A signal, nod.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A token, indication.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A mark (from a bite or blow); a spot.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A musical [[m|en|note]]; notation.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(LmL)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[notārius]]

+ * [[notula]]

+ * [[notō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|note]]

+ * [[en|notary]]

+ * [[en|notable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}