aestimatio Latin · revision 31164

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=123/122 BC, Lex repetundarum|origins=la aestimō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aestimātiō''' ''f'' (genitive aestimātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''aestumātiō''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|aestimō|t=to value, assess]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The origin of ⟨aestimō⟩, Old Latin ⟨aestumō⟩, is uncertain: de Vaan finds the old explanation from [[m|la|aes|t=bronze]] and a root “to cut” hardly credible, and prefers, if the word is inherited, a link with [[ine-pro|*h₂eis-|t=to seek]], as in [[m|la|aeruscō|t=to beg]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from the Lex repetundarum of 123/122 BC;^(Köbler 2010) the OLD's earliest example is Varro on the price fixed “for buying or valuation”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the valuation of a thing in money, the assessment of goods in order to fix money payments, as in Cicero's ''Verrines'', and the valuation of property for settling debts, as decreed by Caesar.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In law it is the assessment of a penalty or damages, ''lītis aestimātiō''.^(OLD 2012) It is also an estimate of costs, as Vitruvius' architects, an appraised value or price, as Livy's cook, once the cheapest of slaves, and monetary worth.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It is a reckoning of size or quantity and a judgement of a fact or quality, as well as esteem, and Cicero uses it for the Stoic ''axía'', moral worth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “evaluation, count, appraisement”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|estimation]] comes from it through Old French, from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 123/122 BC – the Lex repetundarum.^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of assessment and of moral worth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of the valuation of property for debts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|estimation]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|valuation|alt=Valuation]], appraisal; assessment of goods or property.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' Assessment of a penalty or damages;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''lītis aestimātiō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An estimate of costs; an appraised value, price; worth.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Reckoning; judgement, [[m|en|esteem]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Moral worth.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aestimābilis]]

+ * [[aestimātor]]

+ * [[aestimātōrius]]

+ * [[aestimātus]]

+ * [[aestimia]]

+ * [[aestimium]]

+ * [[aestimō]]

+ * [[exīstimātiō]]

+ * [[en|estimation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}