destinatus Latin · revision 36693

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81/79–52/50 BC, Catullus|origins=la dēstinō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēstinātus''' (feminine dēstināta, neuter dēstinātum); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|dēstinō|t=to fix, determine]], its perfect participle used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Catullus,^(Köbler 2010) who tells himself ''dēstinātus obdūrā'', “hold out, resolved”.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis 1890)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it kept the sense of the verb, “fixed, determined”: Cicero uses it in the sense “fixed, resolved”,^(Gaffiot 2016) and Horace of the bounds fixed by Orcus.^(Lewis 1890) Of people it meant firm in a purpose, and so stubborn or obstinate, the only sense the OLD gives it.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)

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+ The neuter and feminine were also used as nouns (see Usage notes).^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses ''dēstinātus'' of firm resolve.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in the sense “fixed, resolved”.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace speaks of the bounds fixed by Orcus.^(Lewis 1890)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses the neuter plural ''dēstināta'' for plans.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|fixed|alt=Fixed]], [[m|en|determined]], settled.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis 1890)

+ # [[m|en|resolute|alt=Resolute]], firm; [[m|en|stubborn]], [[m|en|obstinate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ As a noun, the neuter ''dēstinātum'' meant a target, as in Livy and Curtius,^(Conte 2010)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) and an intention or plan, as in Tacitus' ''antequam dēstināta compōnam'', “before I set out my chosen subject”;^(Conte 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) ''ex dēstinātō'' meant “on purpose” in Seneca and Suetonius.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) Suetonius has the feminine ''dēstināta'' for a woman betrothed to someone.^(Gaffiot 2016) Conte and VOLI warn that the word should not be rendered with Italian ''destinato''.^(Conte 2010)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}