donatio Latin · revision 32720

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *deh₃-no-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dōnātiō''' ''f'' (genitive dōnātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dōnō|-tiō|t1=to give, present]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives [[m|la|dōnō]] from [[m|la|dōnum|t=gift]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*dōno-|t=gift]] and [[ine-pro|*deh₃-no-|t=gift]] (or [[m|ine-pro|*doh₃-no-]]), comparing [[osc|dunúm|t=gift]] and [[sa|दान|tr=dā́na-|t=gift, present]].^(de Vaan 2008) The jurist Paulus says it was named from giving a gift, and Isidore explains it as the action of a gift.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL and Köbler find it first in Cicero,^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) who uses it in the ''Philippics'' and the ''Verrines''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the act of giving a present, a donation, and the gift itself.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In law ''dōnātiō mortis causā'' is a gift that takes effect only on the giver's death but, unlike a legacy, cannot be revoked in his lifetime, as in Ulpian.^(OLD 2012) Justinian's ''Institutes'' have a title on donations.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In medieval Latin it is also a deed of gift, an investiture and the symbol of an investiture, and the right to confer a benefice.^(Niermeyer 1976) Köbler records it in charters from 625.^(Köbler 2010) English [[m|en|donation]] (mid-15th century) came from [[m|fro|donacion]] and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 625 – in charters.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''donation''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of giving, a [[m|en|donation]], gift.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(law)'' ''dōnātiō mortis causā'', a gift made in anticipation of death.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|deed]] of gift; an [[m|en|investiture]]; the right to confer a benefice.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dō]]

+ * [[dōnātīvum]]

+ * [[dōnō]]

+ * [[dōnum]]

+ * [[en|donation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}