pactio Latin · revision 31244

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *peh₂ḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pactiō''' ''f'' (genitive pactiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|pacīscor|t=to agree, bargain]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan treats the verb with [[m|la|pāx|t=peace]], from [[itc-pro|*pak-e/o-|t=to make an agreement]] and [[ine-pro|*ph₂ḱ-|t=to make an agreement]], beside the noun [[m|ine-pro|*peh₂ḱ-|t=agreement]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|pase|t=peace]], [[sa|पाश|tr=pā́śa-|t=snare, noose]] and [[got|𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽|tr=fāhan|t=to catch]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Plautus as its first author,^(Köbler 2010) who has it of a marriage settlement in the ''Aulularia'': “now he wants, I know, to come to terms with me”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is an agreement or compact, in Cicero beside law, custom and judgement, and the Digest defines it as the agreement of two or more on one matter.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) With a genitive it is an agreement to pay or give something for an expected advantage, a corrupt bargain, as Cicero's consuls bought by a bargain over provinces.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) In particular contexts it is terms agreed between belligerents, a truce, a marriage settlement, as in Plautus, and a settlement of a lawsuit.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “bargain, contract, agreement, covenant”.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval Latin it is also a treaty document and a lease,^(Niermeyer 1976) and Köbler finds it in the capitularies, formulae and law codes.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a marriage settlement.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of agreements, truces and corrupt bargains.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 533 AD – The Digest defines it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An agreement, [[m|en|compact]], [[m|en|covenant]], bargain.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A corrupt bargain, underhand agreement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Terms between belligerents, a [[m|en|truce]]; a marriage settlement; a settlement of a lawsuit.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A treaty document; a lease.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pactiuncula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pacīscor]]

+ * [[pacō]]

+ * [[pactīcius]]

+ * [[pactor]]

+ * [[pactum]]

+ * [[pāx]]

+ * [[en|pact]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}