existimatio Latin · revision 30730

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=la aestimō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛk.siːs.tɪˈmaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eɡ.zis.tiˈmat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exīstimātiō''' ''f'' (genitive exīstimātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''existumātiō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Late copies also have ''exestimātiō'' and ''exaestimātiō''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|exīstimō|-tiō|t1=to judge, think]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists the verb under [[aestimō|t=to value, estimate]], whose origin is uncertain: Havet's derivation from [[m|la|aes|t=bronze]] and a noun “cut” is not very credible, and if the word is inherited, de Vaan prefers the root [[ine-pro|*h₂eis-|t=to seek]] of [[m|la|aeruscō|t=to beg]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Terence, prologue to the ''Heauton timorumenos'': ''arbitrium vostrum, vostra existimātiō valēbit'', “your verdict, your judgement will prevail”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Existimātiō'' is first the forming of an opinion, with ''existimātiō alicuius est'', “it is for someone to judge”, and an opinion or judgement, often a favourable one;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro uses it for public opinion.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Above all it is the opinion held of a person, his reputation, good name or credit (Cicero: ''dum existimātiō est integra'', “while his reputation is unharmed”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “esteem, estimation, judgment”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''vostra existimātiō valēbit''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of public opinion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of reputation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The forming of an opinion; [[m|en|judgement]], opinion; public opinion.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|reputation]], good name, honour, [[m|en|credit]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|esteem]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[exīstimō]]

+ * [[aestimō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}