statio Latin · revision 5139

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *steh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''statiō''' ''f'' (genitive statiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|stō|-tiō|t1=to stand]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb is [[inh|itc-pro|*sta-ē-je/o-|t=to stand]], [[inh|ine-pro|*sth₂-eh₁-ie/o-|t=to stand]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucretius,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses it of a ship that stays where it is.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was first the state of standing still, and in astronomy the apparent halt of a planet.^(OLD 2012) From this it was a halting place, an anchorage for ships, and above all a military post or picket, guard duty and the men who kept it.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes ''statiōnēs'', guards posted at a gate, from [[excubiae]], sentinels before a palace, and [[vigiliae]], the night patrols.^(Döderlein 1874) Figuratively it was one's station or duty in life, and in the Empire an office for business.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Isidore says that the Christian ''statiō'', a fast day, took its name from the soldiers' post.^(Isidore) In medieval Latin it meant a lodging, a siege, castle guard owed by a vassal, a house and a storey.^(Niermeyer 1976) It gave [[fr|étage|t=floor]] and [[it|stagione|t=season]], and was borrowed as [[it|stazione]] and [[en|station]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of standing still.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of cavalry pickets.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid speaks of his public station being closed to him.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – It is used of castle guard and of a storey.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A standing still, ''(astronomy)'' the halt of a planet.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A halting place; an [[m|en|anchorage]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(military)'' A post, [[m|en|picket]]; guard duty; a guard.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|station]] or position in life, duty.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An office for business.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A lodging; castle guard; a storey.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[statiōnālis]]

+ * [[statiōnārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stō]]

+ * [[status]]

+ * [[en|station]]

+ * [[en|stationary]]

+ * [[en|season]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Isidore explains the Christian ''statiō'', a day of fasting, by comparison with soldiers who keep their post whatever happens.^(Isidore)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}