asylum Latin · revision 3825

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Cicero|origins=grc ἄσυλον}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈsyː.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈs̬iː.lum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''asȳlum''' ''n'' (genitive asȳlī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἄσυλον|tr=ásulon|t=sanctuary]],^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874)^(TLL) the neuter of [[m|grc|ἄσυλος|tr=ásulos|t=inviolable]], from [[m|grc|ἀ-|tr=a-|t=not]] and [[m|grc|σύλη|tr=súlē|t=right of seizure]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero (81–43 BC).^(Köbler 2010) Cicero writes of a slave who fled to that asylum.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a place where criminals and others could take sanctuary, a refuge.^(OLD 2012) Livy tells how Romulus opened an asylum, Virgil names Juno's asylum, and Tacitus Aesculapius' and the old right of asylum.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In medieval Latin it also meant a monastery or a church.^(Köbler 2010) English ''asylum'' was borrowed in the early 15th century, after an earlier ''asile''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a slave's refuge.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy tells how Romulus opened an asylum.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil names Juno's asylum.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''asylum'' is borrowed.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|sanctuary]], a place of refuge for fugitives.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|monastery]], a church.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|asylum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}