destinatum Latin · revision 32724

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=59 BC–17 AD, Livy|origins=la dēstinō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēstinātum''' ''n'' (genitive dēstinātī); second declension^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter, used as a noun, of [[m|la|dēstinātus]], the participle of [[m|la|dēstinō|t=to fix, determine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan lists [[m|la|dēstinō]] among the derivatives of [[sto|alt=stō]] “to stand”, with the meaning “to arrange the purchase of” in Plautus and “to determine, settle” from Cicero on.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first quotation in the OLD is Livy, of men aiming as if at a mark.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Tacitus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is an object aimed at, a mark: Curtius has men striking their marks with a sure blow.^(OLD 2012) It is also a purpose or design, and ''ex dēstinātō'' is deliberately, according to plan: Seneca says that speed does not run beyond its goal.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of a mark aimed at.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of a goal.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Curtius of hitting marks.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An object aimed at, a [[m|en|target]], mark.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|purpose]], intention, design;^(OLD 2012) ''ex dēstinātō'', deliberately.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[destino|alt=dēstinō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}