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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [au̯.diˈɛn.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [au̯.diˈɛn.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''audientia''' ''f'' (genitive audientiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[audiēns]], the present participle of [[audiō]] “to hear”, with the suffix [[-ia]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's first citation is Cicero, of obtaining a hearing.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a listening, attention, heed, especially in ''audientiam facere'' “to obtain a hearing”, as in Cicero, whose eloquent old man's speech wins a hearing by itself.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also meant a body of listeners, an audience.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant hearing, attention, audience.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant the sense of hearing, a hearing granted to a petitioner, an interview, a court session, and in universities a course of lectures.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) It survives in Spanish ''audiencia'', and Italian ''udienza'' is a calque.^(Wiktionary) [[en|audience]] came through Old French in the late 14th century, first meaning “the act of hearing”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''audientiam facere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''audience'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A hearing, attention, ''audientiam facere'', to obtain a hearing.^(OLD 2012)
+ # An [[m|en|audience]], listeners.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A hearing granted; a court session.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[audiēns]]
+ * [[audiō]]
+ * [[audītiō]]
+ * [[audītor]]
+ * [[audītōriālis]]
+ * [[audītōrium]]
+ * [[audītōrius]]
+ * [[audītus]]
+ * [[en|audience]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}