suffragatio Latin · revision 33583

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suffrāgātiō''' ''f'' (genitive suffrāgātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''subfrāgātiō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|suffrāgor|-tiō|t1=to vote for, support]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|suffrāgor]] belongs with [[m|la|suffrāgium|t=vote]], which de Vaan explains from a verb or noun ⟨*sub-frāg-⟩; since its oldest senses concern voting, he considers a link with [[m|la|frangō|t=to break]], of people shouting in support of a candidate, but the connection is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the speech for Plancius speaks of taking away canvassing support, attention and influence: ''suffragationem, observantiam, et gratiam tollere''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the public expression of support for a candidate, especially by canvassing:^(OLD 2012) Cicero says the support of the soldiers carries great weight with the whole people when a consul is declared, and speaks of losing the recommendation to the consulship.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy uses it of the canvassing of powerful men, and Seneca of a mother's support.^(Lewis & Short 1879) By transfer it is promotion or support of an enterprise, as Valerius Maximus' affairs favoured by divine support.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Church Latin it also means a prayer, a choice or a vote.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of canvassing support for candidates.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of the canvassing of powerful men.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Public support for a candidate, [[m|en|canvassing]]; a recommendation.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|suffrage|alt=Suffrage]], voting.^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Promotion, [[m|en|support]], favour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A [[m|en|prayer]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suffrāgor]]

+ * [[suffrāgium]]

+ * [[suffrāgātor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}