regionalis Latin · revision 4610

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Augustine|origins=la regō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛ.ɡi.oːˈnaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [re.d͡ʒi.oˈnaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''regiōnālis''' (neuter regiōnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|regiō|-ālis|t1=region, district]],^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Etymonline) from [[rego|alt=regō]] “to direct”.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Augustine, in his work on baptism against the Donatists, speaks of a provincial council as opposed to a plenary one.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates Augustine 354–430 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of or belonging to a region or province, provincial, and is mainly Late Latin.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(DMLBS) The adverb ''regiōnāliter'' “by regions” is older, in Apuleius' On the World and Caelius Aurelianus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(DMLBS)

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+ In British medieval Latin a ''regiōnāle concilium'' was a provincial council, such as one held at Westminster under a papal legate.^(DMLBS) [[en|regional]] is recorded in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses the adverb ''regiōnāliter''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine speaks of a provincial council.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''regional'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a region or province, [[m|en|regional]], [[m|en|provincial]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[corregionales]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[regio|alt=regiō]]

+ * [[en|regional]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}