expeditio Latin · revision 31805

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=la expediō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''expedītiō''' ''f'' (genitive expedītiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[expediō|t=to free, make ready]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan explains ⟨-pedīre⟩ in this verb from [[m|la|pedēs|t=fetters]], from [[pēs|t=foot]]; ⟨pēs⟩ is [[itc-pro|*pōd-]], from [[ine-pro|*pṓds|t=foot]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius, in his poem on the Punic War, has a consul leading part of the army on an expedition.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is above all a military term, an operation by troops in light order, an expedition or campaign, as in Caesar's foot and horse sent out in three divisions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Other senses are rare: in Vitruvius the arrangement of farm buildings, and in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' a brief account of many things and, as a figure of speech, proof by elimination, when several reasons are listed and all but one rejected.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “act of dispatching, expedition”.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval sources it is the host called out for a major campaign, the people assembled under arms, and patrol service on horseback.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of a consul's expedition.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of the arrangement of farm buildings.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of troops sent on an expedition.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|expedition]], “military campaign”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A military [[m|en|expedition]], [[m|en|campaign]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A plan, arrangement.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' A brief account; proof by elimination.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A mission.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The host called out for war; the people under arms; mounted patrol service.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[expeditionalis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[expediō]]

+ * [[en|expedition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}