munificentia Latin · revision 32821

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=86–34 BC, Sallust|origins=la mūnus, la faciō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mūnificentia''' ''f'' (genitive mūnificentiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions also spell it ''mūnificientia''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|mūnificus|-ia|t1=generous]], formed on the stem ⟨mūnificent-⟩ like [[magnificentia]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|mūnificus]] is a compound of [[m|la|mūnus|t=duty, gift]] and [[m|la|faciō|t=to make]].^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces [[m|la|mūnus]] to [[itc-pro|*moini-|t=duty, obligation]] and perhaps [[ine-pro|*h₂moi-no-|t=exchange]], comparing [[lt|maĩnas|t=exchange]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short note that it is classical but not in Cicero or Caesar, and quote Sallust: Caesar was held great for his kindnesses and munificence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler lists it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is bounty, munificence, generosity: Suetonius has Caesar's munificence, Pliny the Elder the bounty of nature, and the Digest pairs it with ⟨līberālitās⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Niermeyer records the medieval senses a gift or donation, an estate, and a fortification or rampart.^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin glosses it bountifulness.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|munificence]] comes from it through Old French, from the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of Caesar's munificence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of the bounty of nature.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius of Caesar's munificence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|munificence|alt=munificence]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|bounty|alt=Bounty]], [[m|en|munificence]], generosity, liberality.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A gift, donation; an estate; a fortification.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[munificus|alt=mūnificus]]

+ * [[munus|alt=mūnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}