remissio Latin · revision 32128

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=ine-pro *m(e)ith₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈmɪs.si.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈmis.si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''remissiō''' ''f'' (genitive remissiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|remittō|-tiō|t1=to send back, let go, relax]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb is [[m|la|re-]] with [[m|la|mittō|t=to send, let go]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*meit-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*m(e)ith₂-|t=to exchange, remove]], the sense passing from exchanging to giving and letting go.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) and its first example in the OLD is the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', where easing off from continuous shouting saves the voice.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a sending back, as of hostages and captives in Livy, a reflection of light in Vitruvius, and a letting go or release.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means a slackening or lowering, as of the eyebrows, a softening of the eyes' expression, and relaxation of the mind from cares, which Cicero says comes above all from friendly conversation.^(OLD 2012) It is the easing off of a condition, as of an illness, and the remission or cancellation of a debt, penalty or work, as Varro advises to make workers keener by remitting work.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Church Latin it is the remission of sins, forgiveness, absolution or pardon, and medieval Latin keeps this sense.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary) Glossaries render it with [[grc|ἄφεσις|tr=áphesis|t=release, forgiveness]].^(TLL) English borrowed ''remission'' about 1200, first in the sense forgiveness of sins.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' of easing off from shouting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of relaxing the eyebrows and the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of remitting work.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of sending back hostages.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A sending back; reflection of light.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A letting go, [[m|en|release]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A slackening, lowering, softening.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|relaxation|alt=Relaxation]] of the mind, recreation; mildness.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An easing off, [[m|en|abatement]], especially of an illness.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|remission|alt=Remission]] or cancellation of a debt or penalty.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Forgiveness of sins, [[m|en|absolution]], pardon.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[remitto|alt=remittō]]

+ * [[mitto|alt=mittō]]

+ * [[en|remission]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}