contemplatio Latin · revision 31880

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la templum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''contemplātiō''' ''f'' (genitive contemplātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|contemplor|-tiō|t1=to gaze at, observe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb belongs to [[m|la|templum|t=sacred precinct]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*t(e)mp-lo-]] and [[ine-pro|*t(e)mp-lo-]], probably from a root “to stretch”, hence “measuring”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[lt|tem̃pti|t=to pull, stretch]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who says nothing rose from the earth that could block the view of the sky.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the act of looking at or viewing, and in Pliny the Elder the taking of aim.^(OLD 2012) Of the mind it is contemplation or study, as Cicero's “the study and contemplation of nature is a kind of natural food for minds”.^(OLD 2012) In Ulpian and other jurists it is a taking into account, and the ablative with a genitive means “in consideration of”.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “contemplation”,^(Stelten 1995) and Köbler records it in medieval law codes, charters and Thomas Aquinas.^(Köbler 2010) English [[m|en|contemplation]] “religious musing” is from about 1200, from Old French and directly from the Latin word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of viewing the sky and of the study of nature.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of taking aim.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian of taking into account.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|contemplation]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of looking at, view, [[m|en|survey]]; the taking of aim.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|contemplation|alt=Contemplation]], consideration, study.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A taking into account; in the ablative, in consideration of.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[contemplor]]

+ * [[templum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}