synagoga Latin · revision 4276

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Tertullian|origins=grc συναγωγή}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sy.naˈɡoː.ɡa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [si.naˈɡɔː.ɡa]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''synagōga''' ''f'' (genitive synagōgae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|συναγωγή|tr=sunagōgḗ|t=assembly]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) from [[m|grc|συν-|tr=sun-|t=together]] and [[m|grc|ἄγω|tr=ágō|t=to lead]].^(Wiktionary) The OLD records the spelling [[m|la|sinagōga]].^(OLD 2012) Isidore of Seville says it is Greek for congregation, a name the Jews kept for themselves.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Tertullian uses it of a congregation or synagogue of Jews.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates Tertullian c. 160–220 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a congregation of Jews and their place of worship, and a scholiast on Juvenal uses it too.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Vulgate uses it in Acts, and Jerome uses it of the Jewish religion.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In medieval Latin it was also any assembly or meeting, a Jewish community and Judaism.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''synagogue'' is recorded in the late 12th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of a synagogue.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it in Acts.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore of Seville explains the word.^(Isidore)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 12th century – English ''synagogue'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A congregation of Jews; a [[m|en|synagogue]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Judaism, the Jewish religion.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An assembly, meeting.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|synagogue]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}