consecratio Latin · revision 34302

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kõː.sɛˈkraː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kon.seˈkrat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsecrātiō''' ''f'' (genitive cōnsecrātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|cōnsecrō|-tiō|t1=to dedicate, make sacred]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline) De Vaan lists that verb among the derivatives of [[m|la|sacer|t=sacred]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*sakro-|t=sacred]] and [[ine-pro|*sh2k-ro-|t=sacred]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the speech ''De domo sua'' asks “what was your consecration?”, ''quae tua fuit cōnsecrātiō?''^(OLD 2012) The sense is a dedication to the gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero also uses it in laws of devoting a person to a god as a penalty, so that whoever breaks the law is forfeit to the gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Tacitus and Suetonius use it of the deification of an emperor,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) and on coins it appears also as ''consacratio''.^(TLL) The ''Historia Augusta'' uses it of a magical incantation.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ In Christian Latin it is the consecration of priests and bishops, ordination,^(Conte 2010)^(Niermeyer 1976) and Ambrose uses it of the consecration of the Eucharist.^(Conte 2010) Medieval Latin has the consecration of altars and churches, and a diocese;^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) English ''consecration'' was borrowed in the late 14th century, and Old English had translated it as ''eallhālgung''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the dedication of a house.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of the deification of an emperor.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English borrows ''consecration''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The making of something sacred, [[m|en|dedication]], [[m|en|consecration]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The [[m|en|deification]] of a person, especially an emperor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The devoting of a person to a god, as a criminal or [[m|en|scapegoat]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # A magical [[m|en|incantation]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|ordination|alt=Ordination]] of a priest or bishop; the consecration of the [[m|en|Eucharist]].^(Conte 2010)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The consecration of an altar or church; a [[m|en|diocese]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnsecrō]]

+ * [[sacer]]

+ * [[en|consecration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}