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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtɛr.mɪ.noː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɛr.mi.no]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''terminō''' (present infinitive termināre, perfect active termināvī, supine terminātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[terminus]] “boundary, limit, end” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of marking boundaries and of ending.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to mark the boundaries of a territory with stones or posts, of natural features to form a boundary, as Lucretius' land and sea bounding each other, and in Livy to separate public land from private.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Cicero it meant to define, delimit abstract things, to limit, restrict, and to bring to a close, end, and in Ulpian to settle an issue.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''fīnīre'' and ''termināre'' denote merely ending something, without regard to whether its purpose is achieved.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to limit, define, end, finish, determine.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|terminate]] came in the early 15th century from its participle ''terminātus''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of bounding.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of boundaries and of ending.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of separating public land.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''terminate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To mark the boundaries of; to form the boundary of.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To define, delimit.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To limit, restrict.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To end, conclude, [[m|en|terminate]]; to settle.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[atterminō]]
+ * [[circumterminō]]
+ * [[contermino]]
+ * [[dēterminō]]
+ * [[disterminō]]
+ * [[exterminō]]
+ * [[interminātus]]
+ * [[prōterminō]]
+ * [[terminātiō]]
+ * [[terminātor]]
+ * [[terminātus]]
+ * [[terminātē]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[terminālis]]
+ * [[terminus]]
+ * [[fīniō]]
+ * [[en|terminate]]
+ * [[en|determine]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}