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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la cōnectō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [koːˈnɛk.si.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koˈnɛk.si.o]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''cōnexiō''' ''f'' (genitive cōnexiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|cōnectō|-tiō|t1=to tie together]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is also spelled [[m|la|connexiō]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The TLL says that Cicero formed it, and he uses it once, defining fate as a chain of events holding each other through eternity.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ After Cicero, Quintilian uses it six times, and it became more frequent from the 3rd century.^(TLL) It meant a junction, as of boundary lines in the land surveyors, a causal sequence, and an association or connection of ideas.^(OLD 2012) Isidore and Servius use it of the locking of shields in a ''testudo'', and Ambrose of the union of soul and body.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)
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+ In medieval Latin it meant a connection or bond, the joining of parts of the body, a junction of waters and a logical connection.^(MLW)^(DMLBS) English ''connection'' is recorded in the late 14th century, also spelled ''connexion''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the chain of fate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of connection.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 340–397 AD – Ambrose uses it of the union of soul and body.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''connection'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A binding together, [[m|en|junction]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # A causal sequence.^(OLD 2012)
+ # An association, [[m|en|connection]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # ''(Late Latin)'' An organic union, as of soul and body.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[conecto]]
+ * [[en|connection]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}