patrimonium Latin · revision 30918

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=106–43 BC, Laberius|origins=ine-pro *ph₂tḗr}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pa.trɪˈmoː.ni.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [pa.triˈmɔː.ni.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''patrimōnium''' ''n'' (genitive patrimōniī or patrimōnī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|pater|-mōnium|t1=father]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨pater⟩ to [[itc-pro|*pater-]] and [[ine-pro|*ph₂tḗr|t=father]], cognate with [[osc|patir|t=father]], [[grc|πατήρ|tr=patḗr|t=father]] and [[goh|fater|t=father]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler give Laberius as its first author.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the property of a head of family, an estate or fortune, especially one inherited from one's father, Cicero speaks of a rich and ample patrimony.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the jurists it is the private property or chest of the emperors, and figuratively anything inherited: Cicero tells the jurors to guard the public patrimony of the law as carefully as their own.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “patrimony, inheritance”.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it is an estate of the Roman Church, and the whole of its estates.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''patrimony'' (mid-14th century) first meant the property of the Church.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 106–43 BC – Laberius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of private and public patrimony.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 540–604 AD – Gregory the Great.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English [[m|en|patrimony]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An estate, [[m|en|fortune]], private property; an [[m|en|inheritance]] from one's father, [[m|en|patrimony]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # The private chest of the emperors.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figuratively)'' A heritage.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An estate of the Roman Church; its estates as a whole.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[patrimōniālis]]

+ * [[patrimōniolum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pater]]

+ * [[mātrimōnium]]

+ * [[en|patrimony]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}