idea Latin · revision 4113

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Seneca the Younger|origins=grc ἰδέα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɪ.de.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈiː.de.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''idea''' ''f'' (genitive ideae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἰδέα|tr=idéa|t=form, notion, pattern]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero still writes the Greek word in Greek letters, though many manuscripts have it in Latin, and Seneca the Younger uses it as a Latin word in his Letters.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was a term of Platonic philosophy, an idea or eternal archetype of things.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Vitruvius, Apuleius and Macrobius also use it, often in Greek letters.^(TLL)

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+ Medieval Latin used it of the archetype or form, of what conforms to the idea, and of something perfect or ideal, as when Abelard is said to posit ideas in emulation of Plato.^(MLW)^(DMLBS) English ''idea'' is recorded in the late 14th century, first of an archetype or the concept of a thing in the mind of God.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses the Greek word.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca the Younger uses it in Latin.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it in his work on Plato.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Platonic philosophy)'' An [[m|en|idea]], eternal [[m|en|archetype]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A form, pattern; an ideal.^(MLW)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ideālis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|idea]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}