mentio Latin · revision 7287

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=la mēns}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mentiō''' ''f'' (genitive mentiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from a root *men- “to think”, as in [[mēns]] “mind” and [[meminī]] “to remember”, with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Livius Andronicus, whom he dates 280/260–before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citations are from Caecilius and Plautus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a reference to a subject, mention, usually with a genitive, as Cicero's ''mentiō tuī'' “mention of you” and ''mentiōnem facere'' “to make mention”, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Plautus it also meant the broaching of the subject of marriage.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant mention.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of mention, reference.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''mencion'' it gave [[en|mention]] about 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus has the word.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''mentiōnem facere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of mention.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|mention]], reference, ''mentiōnem facere'', to mention.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The broaching of a proposal of marriage.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mēns]]

+ * [[meminī]]

+ * [[commentum]]

+ * [[en|mention]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Late and Medieval Latin had a different ''mentiō'' “lie”, from [[mentior]] “to lie”, as in Venantius Fortunatus.^(Köbler 2010)^(Niermeyer 1976) Wiktionary lists Italian ''menzogna'', French ''mensonge'' and Romanian ''minciună'' among the descendants.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}