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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [pɔsˈsɛs.si.ɔ]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [posˈsɛs.si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''possessiō''' ''f'' (genitive possessiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[possideō]] “to possess” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Paul in the Digest, following Labeo, derived it from ⟨sēdēs⟩ “seat”, as if “a placing”.^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is the agrarian law of 111 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant occupancy of land or property, as opposed to ''dominium'', ownership, the act of taking possession, as Cicero's ''bonōrum possessiō'', and the enjoyment of advantages.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant military or political occupation of territory, as in Caesar, seizure of a position, as Livy's ''rēgnī possessiō'', and control of an institution.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Concretely, especially in the plural, it meant a holding, estate, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant possession, property, substance.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of an estate, and British Medieval Latin of seisin as distinct from the right of ownership.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) [[en|possession]] came in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 111 BC – The agrarian law has the word.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of occupancy and of estates.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of occupying territory.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''possession'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Occupancy, [[m|en|possession]]; taking possession.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Enjoyment of advantages.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Occupation of territory; seizure; control.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A holding, estate.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[possessiuncula]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[possessīvus]]
+ * [[possessor]]
+ * [[possessōrius]]
+ * [[possessus]]
+ * [[possideō]]
+ * [[dominium]]
+ * [[en|possession]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}