proprietas Latin · revision 32852

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [prɔˈpri.ɛ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [proˈpriː.e.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''proprietās''' ''f'' (genitive proprietātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|proprius|-tās|t1=one's own, peculiar]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan finds most likely Forssman's derivation of [[m|la|proprius]] from [[ine-pro|*priH-o-|t=own, dear]], through a verb with the prefix [[m|la|prō-]], the root of [[sa|प्रिय|tr=priyá|t=dear, own]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) Cicero lists the notion, the special property and the division of a thing among the means of defining it.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the special property or character of a thing: Cicero speaks of each thing having its own properties, and Livy of the peculiar nature of a land and climate.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Vitruvius uses it of a special kind of region and of fitness or proper measure in building, and Quintilian of the proper meaning of a word and of propriety in the use of words.^(OLD 2012) In law it is ownership, especially bare ownership without the usufruct: Seneca writes that power over everything belongs to the king, ownership to individuals.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) In medieval Latin it is an estate held in full ownership, any landed estate, wealth, and also servile status and the office proper to a saint's feast.^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin glosses it ownership, property, peculiarity, quality.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|propriety]] and [[m|en|property]] both come from it through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the special property of a thing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of fitness in building.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * medieval – An estate held in full ownership.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|propriety|alt=propriety]], through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A special [[m|en|property]], quality, peculiar character of a thing; a special kind.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # The proper meaning of a word; a special designation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Fitness, rightness; [[m|en|propriety]] in the use of words.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|ownership|alt=Ownership]]; in law, bare ownership without the [[m|en|usufruct]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An estate held in full ownership; any estate; wealth, property.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The office proper to a saint's feast.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[proprietārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[proprius]]

+ * [[en|property]]

+ * [[en|propriety]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}