regio Latin · revision 5142

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₃reǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈrɛ.ɡi.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.d͡ʒi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''regiō''' ''f'' (genitive regiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|regō|-iō|t1=to direct, guide]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The verb is [[inh|itc-pro|*reg-e/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-e/o-|t=to stretch, direct]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who asks in what district a son bought a house.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its basic sense was a direction or line, as in ''rēctā regiōne'' “in a straight line” and ''ē regiōne'' “opposite”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Wiktionary) It also meant relative position, geographical situation and a boundary line, especially the lines marking out the sky in augury.^(OLD 2012) From this it came to mean a part of a larger area, a district or region, a region of the sky or of the body, and figuratively a field of thought or activity.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein contrasts ''regiō'', a space seen as a circle, with [[locus]], a single point, and [[tractus]], a line.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ Isidore derived it from ''rēctōrēs'', governors.^(TLL) In medieval Latin it was a kingdom, the district of a city, a county and a principality.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in [[it|rione|t=district of a city]], and was borrowed as [[fr|région]]; [[en|region]] is recorded about 1300.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a district of a town.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the boundary lines in augury.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses ''rēctā regiōne'' “in a straight line”.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – It is used of a kingdom and a county.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''region'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|direction]], line, ''ē regiōne'', opposite.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Relative position; geographical situation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A boundary line, ''(augury)'' the lines marking out the sky.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A district, [[m|en|region]], locality.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A region of the sky; a part of the body.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A field of thought or activity, sphere.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A kingdom; a county; a principality.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[regiōnālis]]

+ * [[regiōnātim]]

+ * [[regiōnāliter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[regō]]

+ * [[rēgula]]

+ * [[en|region]]

+ * [[en|regional]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}