iactatio Latin · revision 4510

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la iaciō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iactātiō''' ''f'' (genitive iactātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|iactō|-tiō|t1=to throw about]],^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) a frequentative of [[iacio|alt=iaciō]] “to throw”.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero, in the Brutus, praises an orator with no great tossing of the body and no change of voice.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the action of tossing or throwing to and fro, the movement of the body in gestures, as Cicero speaks of moderate movement, Livy of frenzied movement, and of the tossing of a ship in a storm.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it was frequent change of mind, as in Cicero and Livy.^(OLD 2012) Most often it meant boasting, which Cicero defines as pleasure that exults and carries itself too insolently, and display or showing off to win popularity.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein contrasts ''iactātiō'', making much of one's merits in words and actions, with [[gloriatio|alt=glōriātiō]].^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In medieval Latin it meant throwing, casting out and shovelling, and British documents use it of the sea tossing up debris.^(MLW)^(DMLBS) Through Anglo-French ''getteson'' “throwing goods overboard” it is the source of [[en|jettison]], restored in the 18th century from Middle English ''jetteson'', and of [[en|jetsam]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of gestures and of boasting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of frenzied movement.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1848 – English ''jettison'' is used as a verb.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A tossing, shaking, agitation; gesturing.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Changeableness of mind.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Boasting, [[m|en|boastfulness]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Display, showing off.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A throwing, casting.^(DMLBS)^(MLW)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iacto|alt=iactō]]

+ * [[iacio|alt=iaciō]]

+ * [[en|jettison]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}