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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=la texō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔnˈtɛk.stʊs], [kɔnˈtɛk.stuːs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈtɛk.stus], [konˈtɛk.stus]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''contextus''' ''m'' (genitive contextūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|contexō|-tus|t1=to weave together]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) from [[m|la|con-]] and [[texo|alt=texō]] “to weave”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lucretius, in On the Nature of Things, speaks of a force that would dissolve the joining of bodies.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was the action of weaving or joining, as Cicero speaks of a covering made by joining feathers, and the state of being joined.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it was the connection or coherence of a speech, very frequent in Quintilian, and an ordered scheme or plan.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) It also meant the structure of a thing, continuity, and concretely a whole made of parts: Seneca says a set of several tablets joined together is called a ''caudex''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In medieval Latin it was a text or charter, and the course or thread of a writing.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) [[en|context]] is recorded in the early 15th century for the whole text of a writing.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of the joining of bodies.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a speech's coherence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it often.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''context'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A weaving, joining together.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Connection, coherence; the [[m|en|context]] of a speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # An ordered scheme or course.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Structure, fabric; continuity.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # A whole made of many parts.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A text; a [[m|en|charter]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[texo|alt=texō]]
+ * [[en|context]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}