attentio Latin · revision 4051

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la tendō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [atˈtɛn.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [atˈtɛn.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''attentiō''' ''f'' (genitive attentiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|attendō|-tiō|t1=to direct towards, attend]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) ''Attendō'' is from [[ad-]] and [[tendo|alt=tendō]] “to stretch”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero, in De oratore, lists care, attention of the mind, thought and vigilance as what remains for the orator.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant application or attention, with or without ''animi''.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Quintilian says that attention itself makes the listener receptive.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is found later in Augustine, the Vulgate and Servius.^(Georges 1913)

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+ In medieval Latin it meant attentiveness and care, mental effort, observation and also reverence.^(MLW)^(DMLBS) English ''attention'' came from Old French ''attencion'' and directly from Latin in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''attentio animi''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it on its own.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''attention'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|attention]], [[m|en|application]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Care, looking after; [[m|en|reverence]].^(MLW)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[attendo]]

+ * [[en|attention]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}