appellatio Latin · revision 32948

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *pl-n(e)-h₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''appellātiō''' ''f'' (genitive appellātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|appellō|-tiō|t1=to address, call]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists [[m|la|appellō]] “to speak to” among the derivatives of [[pello|alt=pellō]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*pelna-|t=to approach]] and [[ine-pro|*pl-n(e)-h₂-|t=to approach]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first quotation is from Cato, who complains that they foul us more than others with the name Opici.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a name, designation or term, and a mere name as against substance: Suetonius reports the saying that the Republic was nothing, a name without body or form.^(OLD 2012) It is a title of rank, as in Cicero's titles of kings were for sale, and in grammar Quintilian uses it for a common noun.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it of pronunciation, a smooth pronunciation of letters.^(OLD 2012) In law it is an appeal to a higher authority, as Cicero's appeal to the tribunes, and ''ex appellātiōne'' on appeal;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy writes of the right of appeal against officials.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Any plea can be so called: Caesar has Quintilius take the occasion of an appeal to beg the soldiers.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it appellation and appeal,^(Stelten 1995) and in Medieval Latin it is a complaint or legal action.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''appellation'' appears in the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of the name Opici.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of titles, pronunciation and appeals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of an appeal to soldiers.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of the common noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|name]], designation, term; a mere name.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A [[m|en|title]] of rank.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(grammar)'' A common noun.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|pronunciation|alt=Pronunciation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' An [[m|en|appeal]] to a higher authority; any appeal or plea.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A complaint, legal action.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[appello|alt=appellō]]

+ * [[en|appellation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}