vicinitas Latin · revision 31960

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato the Elder|origins=ine-pro *ueiḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wiːˈkiː.nɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [viˈt͡ʃiː.ni.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vīcīnitās''' ''f'' (genitive vīcīnitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vīcīnus|-tās|t1=neighbouring]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) and [[m|la|vīcīnus]] is formed from [[m|la|vīcus|t=village, quarter]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces [[m|la|vīcus]] to [[itc-pro|*weik-o-|t=settlement]] and [[ine-pro|*ueiḱ-|t=settlement]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|οἶκος|tr=oîkos|t=house]], [[sa|विश्|tr=víś-|t=settlement, people]] and [[got|𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃|tr=weihs|t=village]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest examples in the OLD are in Cato the Elder, who says that if the neighbourhood sees the farmer gladly he will sell his produce more easily, and in Terence, where a man's nearness as a neighbour makes another bold to advise him.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it means the fact of being neighbours, nearness, then the area around a place, and the community of people living as neighbours.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero uses it figuratively for a near relation between things, the neighbourliness of the arts.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it named a neighbourhood or region, a subdivision of a ''[[pagus]]'', the right of common use of land, and citizenship.^(Niermeyer 1976) English took it through French as ''vicinity'' in the 1550s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato the Elder of a farmer's neighbours.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of being neighbours.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of the land around a farm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the near kinship of the arts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1550s – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|vicinity]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The fact of being neighbours, nearness, [[m|en|proximity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The land around a place, [[m|en|neighbourhood]], [[m|en|vicinity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A community of neighbours.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A near relation, [[m|en|similarity]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A region, subdivision of a ''pagus''; the right of common use of land; citizenship.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vīcīna]]

+ * [[vīcīnālis]]

+ * [[vīcīnē]]

+ * [[vīcīnia]]

+ * [[vīcīnor]]

+ * [[vīcīnus]]

+ * [[vīcus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}