idioma Latin · revision 4112

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Charisius|origins=grc ἰδίωμα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪ.diˈoː.ma]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [i.diˈɔː.ma]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''idiōma''' ''n'' (genitive idiōmatis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἰδίωμα|tr=idíōma|t=peculiarity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Saalfeld 1874)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The grammarian Charisius uses it of a peculiarity of expression.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Charisius about 362 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a special term or phrase used by a person or group, a peculiarity of language, an idiom.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Glosses explain it as ''proprietas'' or ''consuetudo'', a peculiar property or custom, and Porphyrio uses it in his commentary on Horace.^(TLL)

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+ In medieval Latin it meant a way of speaking, a language or dialect, and a peculiarity or special property; theologians spoke of the ''communicatio idiomatum'', the interchange of the properties of Christ's two natures.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(MLW)^(DMLBS) English ''idiom'' is recorded in the 1580s for a form of speech peculiar to a people or place.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd half of the 2nd century AD – Porphyrio uses it.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 362 AD – Charisius uses it of grammatical idioms.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English ''idiom'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A peculiarity of language, an [[m|en|idiom]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A peculiarity, special property.^(TLL)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|language]], dialect.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(MLW)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|idiom]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}