donativum Latin · revision 32694

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=98–115 AD, Tacitus|origins=la dōnō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [doː.naːˈtiː.wũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [do.naˈtiː.vum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dōnātīvum''' ''n'' (genitive dōnātīvī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter, used as a noun, of an adjective [[af|la|dōnō|-īvus|t1=to give, present]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives [[m|la|dōnō]] from [[dōnum]] “gift”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL and Köbler find it from Tacitus on.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a sum of money given by the emperor to each soldier on an occasion of public rejoicing, at his accession or majority or another special occasion;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tacitus and Suetonius use it, and it is contrasted with the [[congiarium]] given to the people.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary notes a rare use for a gratuity to soldiers at a triumph in the Republic, and a Church Latin sense of a gift.^(Wiktionary) Köbler finds it in a charter of 912.^(Köbler 2010) English [[m|en|donative]] as a noun, “a gift”, dates from the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 912 – in a charter.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''donative'', a gift.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|donative]], a gratuity given by the emperor to each soldier.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dono|alt=dōnō]]

+ * [[donatio|alt=dōnātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}