manumissio Latin · revision 4189

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''manūmissiō''' ''f'' (genitive manūmissiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|manūmittō|-tiō|t1=to free a slave]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) ''Manūmittō'' is from [[manus]] “hand, power” and [[mitto|alt=mittō]] “to send, release”, and Ulpian explains the word as a sending out of one's hand, that is, the giving of freedom.^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero uses it in the Pro Caelio and explains its forms in the Topica.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a legal term for the release of a person from the power of a master, especially the freeing of a slave.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short and Georges describe the three forms of formal manumission: by the census, by will, and by the rod (''vindicta'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Seneca, Pliny the Younger and Gaius use it, and Seneca also uses it of the remission of a punishment.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In medieval Latin it meant the validation of a document by laying a hand on it, an authorization, and the abandonment of a property.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010) English ''manumission'' is recorded about 1400, first of Christ's redemption of mankind, and soon after of freedom from feudal servitude.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero explains the forms of manumission.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of remitting a punishment.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius discusses it in the Institutes.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''manumission'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(law)'' [[m|en|manumission]], the freeing of a [[m|en|slave]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The remission of a punishment.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The validation of a document; an authorization.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[manumitto]]

+ * [[en|manumission]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}