refectio Latin · revision 36507

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 84–c. 25 BC, Vitruvius|origins=la reficiō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''refectiō''' ''f'' (genitive refectiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|reficiō|-tiō|t1=to remake, repair, refresh|t2=action noun suffix]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb is a compound of [[m|la|re-]] and [[m|la|faciō|t=to make]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Vitruvius,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of the great trouble some structures give when they are repaired.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the first century AD it was the repairing or restoring of things: tools, aqueducts, a ship, houses and roads, and the Capitol;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) it is common in this sense in the jurists.^(OLD 2012) From the same time it also meant refreshment, the recovery of strength: Seneca says sleep is necessary for refreshment, and Quintilian speaks of the times nature gives us for rest.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Celsus used it of convalescence after illness, and Pliny the Elder of a remedy that restores the eyes.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Late and medieval Latin it came to mean rest, especially the night's rest,^(Georges 1913)^(Niermeyer 1976) and a meal or repast, as well as the right to be provided with food (right of entertainment) and spiritual comfort.^(Niermeyer 1976) Ecclesiastical Latin also used it for a dining room or guest chamber.^(Stelten 1995) British sources use it for the repair of towns, bridges and churches.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius writes of buildings that need repairs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella speaks of iron tools that need repair.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca calls sleep necessary for refreshment.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of recovery after fever.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – It is used for a meal and for the right of entertainment.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|repair|alt=Repair]], [[m|en|restoration]]; remaking, refashioning.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|refreshment|alt=Refreshment]], the recovery of strength; a means of refreshment, a restorative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|convalescence|alt=Convalescence]], recovery from illness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Rest; a meal, [[m|en|repast]]; spiritual comfort.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The right to be provided with food, right of entertainment.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A dining room, [[m|en|refectory]] or guest chamber.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}