inclinatio Latin · revision 32224

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inclīnātiō''' ''f'' (genitive inclīnātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|inclīnō|-tiō|t1=to bend, incline]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) A gloss of Jerome explains the name Lot as “inclination”.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL lists it in Varro, Cicero and Livy,^(TLL) and Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of the swerve of the atoms in ''On the Nature of the Gods'' and lists it among the movements of the body.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its basic sense is a leaning, bending or tilting to one side, of the body, a battering ram or a ship, and a downward movement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Vitruvius uses it of slope or obliquity, and of the inclination of the sky, which he says the Greeks call ''klimata''.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is a tendency or inclination of the feelings and will, as Cicero hopes a judge will lean towards his side, of circumstances and of character.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also a change or turn in events, as Cicero's sudden shift of feeling at the consular elections, often a change for the worse.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it tendency, inclination,^(Stelten 1995) and Medieval Latin uses it of condescension and of subjugation.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|inclination]] (late 14th century) comes from French and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the swerve of atoms and of the will.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of slope and of the inclination of the sky.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|inclination]] is formed from it, through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A leaning, bending or tilting to one side; a swerve; a rocking motion; a [[m|en|descent]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Obliquity, [[m|en|slope]]; a leaning posture of the body.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The adaptation of a rule to suit some purpose.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A tendency or [[m|en|inclination]] of the will, of events or of character; favour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A change or turn in events; a change for the worse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|condescension|alt=Condescension]]; subjugation.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|inclination]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}