geometria Latin · revision 33736

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɡe.oːˈmɛ.tri.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [d͡ʒe.oˈmɛː.tri.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''geōmetria''' ''f'' (genitive geōmetriae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|γεωμετρία|tr=geōmetría|t=geometry, land survey]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) from [[m|grc|γῆ|tr=gê|t=earth, land]] and [[m|grc|μετρέω|tr=metréō|t=to measure]].^(Wiktionary) Köbler takes the second part back to [[ine-pro|*meh₁-|t=to measure]].^(Köbler 2010) Cicero names it among the Greek words that Latin had taken over and made its own,^(TLL) and Cassiodorus renders it in Latin as “measuring of the earth”.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Cicero on,^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) who in ''De oratore'' says that geometry deals with lines, figures, intervals and magnitudes.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Vitruvius says that geometry teaches the use of the compasses and the rule.^(TLL) Boethius and Cassiodorus define it as the study of immobile magnitude and of forms.^(TLL) In British medieval Latin it is geometry as one of the liberal arts, as in Alcuin, the title of Euclid's book, and Geometry personified.^(DMLBS) English [[m|en|geometry]] came from it through Old French in the early 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of the subject of lines and figures.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius, of the compasses and the rule.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 485–c. 580 AD – Cassiodorus, defining it.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 803 – Alcuin, of Pythagoras teaching geometry.^(DMLBS)

+ * early 14th century – English [[m|en|geometry]], through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|geometry|alt=Geometry]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Euclid's book on geometry;^(DMLBS) Geometry personified.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[geōmetrēs]]

+ * [[geōmetricus]]

+ * [[en|geometry]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}