territorium Latin · revision 4628

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la terra}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [tɛr.rɪˈtoː.ri.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ter.riˈtɔː.ri.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''territōrium''' ''n'' (genitive territōriī or territōrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[terra]] “land” with the ending of place names in [[m|la|-tōrium]], apparently on the analogy of words like [[deversorium|alt=dēversōrium]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Etymonline quotes de Vaan's remark that ''-tōrium'' is otherwise productive only after verbs, so the formation is unexplained.^(Etymonline) Varro spells it [[m|la|teritōrium]], linking it with [[tero|alt=terō]] “to wear by rubbing”.^(OLD 2012) Isidore derives it from [[m|la|tauritōrium]], land worn by oxen and the plough.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Varro, in On the Latin Language, says the common land left near a town for the settlers is called ''territōrium''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the land within the boundaries of a town, its domain or district, and the jurist Pomponius defines it as all the land within the bounds of each community.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Niermeyer 1976) Cicero uses it of a colony's territory, and Pliny the Elder too.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In medieval Latin it was the territory of a city, a diocese, and a district or ''pagus''.^(Niermeyer 1976) British writers used it of a piece of land, often named, and of a territory under some jurisdiction, as in a charter of 690.^(DMLBS) Its descendants include [[fr|terroir]], and the learned [[fr|territoire]] and [[it|territorio]].^(Wiktionary) [[en|territory]] is recorded in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro explains it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a colony's land.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 690 – An English charter uses it of a piece of land.^(DMLBS)

+ * late 14th century – English ''territory'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The land belonging to a town, a domain, [[m|en|territory]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|diocese]]; a district.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A piece of land.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[territōriālis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[terra]]

+ * [[en|territory]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}