protectio Latin · revision 4355

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Tertullian|origins=la prōtegō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [proːˈteːk.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [proˈtɛk.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōtēctiō''' ''f'' (genitive prōtēctiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|protego|-tiō|t1=to cover in front, protect]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Tertullian uses it of the protection of faith, in his work on flight in persecution.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates Tertullian c. 160–220 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it post-classical, first a covering over and then protection.^(Lewis & Short 1879) A title in the Digest uses it of covering with a projecting roof, and a declamation ascribed to Quintilian of defence.^(Georges 1913) Ambrose speaks of the protection of arms, and the Vulgate of God's protection in the Psalms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Glossaries explain it as defence, support and help.^(TLL)

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+ In medieval Latin it was used in law codes, charters and formulae.^(Köbler 2010) English ''protection'' is recorded in the mid-14th century as shelter or defence.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 340–397 AD – Ambrose speaks of the protection of arms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of God's protection.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''protection'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A covering with a projecting roof.^(Georges 1913)

+ # [[m|en|protection]], shelter, defence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[protego|alt=prōtegō]]

+ * [[en|protection]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}