dedicatio Latin · revision 32825

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *deiḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēdicātiō''' ''f'' (genitive dēdicātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dēdicō|-tiō|t1=to dedicate]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) De Vaan thinks [[m|la|dicō|t=to proclaim, dedicate]] may have been formed back from compounds such as ⟨dēdicāre⟩, built on the root noun of [[m|la|dīcō|t=to say]], from [[ine-pro|*deiḱ-|t=to show]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is an act or rite that confers sanctity, a dedication or consecration, and the ceremonial opening of a public building: Livy has the dedication of a temple, Pliny the Elder of a theatre and Suetonius of a bridge.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Vulgate uses it of the dedication of the house of God and of a statue.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Hyginus the land surveyor writes that colonies were named from the new dedication of land to cultivation.^(OLD 2012) Niermeyer records the medieval sense of the yearly festival of a church's dedication.^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin glosses it dedication.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|dedication]] comes from it, partly through Old French, from the late 14th century, first of consecrating to a deity.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of the dedication of a temple.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate of the dedication of the house of God.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|dedication|alt=dedication]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|dedication|alt=Dedication]], [[m|en|consecration]]; the ceremonial opening of a public building.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Devotion to a purpose.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The festival of a church's dedication.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dedico|alt=dēdicō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}