syngrapha Latin · revision 33081

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=grc συγγράφω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsyŋ.ɡra.pʰa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsiŋ.ɡra.fa]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''syngrapha''' ''f'' (genitive syngraphae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''syngrafa''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|συγγραφή|tr=sungraphḗ|t=written contract]],^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874)^(Wiktionary) from [[m|grc|συγγράφω|tr=sungráphō|t=to write down]], made from [[m|grc|σύν|tr=sún|t=together]] and [[m|grc|γράφω|tr=gráphō|t=to write]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero uses it first, in his letters and speeches.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a written contract signed by both parties, by which one promises to pay the other a stated sum, a bond or promissory note.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero uses it often: in his letters, in the speeches against Verres, in the speech for Murena of suing on a bond (''ex syngraphā agere''), and in the ''Philippics''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ammianus Marcellinus uses it too.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In medieval Latin it also means a charter.^(Niermeyer 1976) Stelten gives "promissory note, bond" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of bonds in his letters and speeches.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus Marcellinus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A written contract to pay a sum of money, a [[m|en|bond]], [[m|en|promissory note]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|charter]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[chīrographum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}