coniunctio Latin · revision 31596

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la iungō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''coniūnctiō''' ''f'' (genitive coniūnctiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|coniungō|-tiō|t1=to join together]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan lists it under [[iungō|t=to join, yoke]], from the nasal present [[ine-pro|*(H)iu-n-g-|t=to yoke]], cognate with [[sa|युनज्मि|tr=yunájmi|t=I yoke]], [[grc|ζεύγνυμι|tr=zeúgnumi|t=to yoke]] and [[lt|jùngti|t=to join, yoke]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Varro,^(de Vaan 2008) who speaks of the union of fire and water.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Poets avoid it and the older writers rarely use it; it is frequent in Cicero and Vitruvius.^(TLL) It is the joining of things and the point where they meet: Cicero describes part of a town, cut off by a narrow strait, joined again by a bridge where two harbours meet.^(OLD 2012) Vitruvius uses it of a conjunction of heavenly bodies.^(OLD 2012) In rhetoric and grammar it is the arrangement of words, the forming of a word from parts, and, in Cicero, a connecting particle, a conjunction.^(OLD 2012) Between people it is a bond of friendship or alliance, as Cicero's union with Caesar, and a connection by marriage.^(OLD 2012) In logic it is a compound proposition.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin has it for union, joining together.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for marriage, a bestowal, vassalage and an astronomical conjunction.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|conjunction]] (late 14th century), first of planets meeting in the sky, came through Old French ''conjonction''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of the union of fire and water.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of friendship, marriage ties and grammatical conjunctions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of the conjunction of heavenly bodies.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A joining together, [[m|en|union]]; a point of junction; a [[m|en|conjunction]] of heavenly bodies.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' The arrangement of words;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(grammar)'' composition of a word; a connecting particle, conjunction.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A bond between people, friendship, [[m|en|alliance]]; a connection by marriage.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # An [[m|en|affinity]], connection;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(logic)'' a compound proposition.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A combination; possession in common.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A bestowal; [[m|en|vassalage]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[coniungō]]

+ * [[iungō]]

+ * [[en|conjunction]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}