universitas Latin · revision 7306

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [uː.nɪˈwɛr.sɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [u.niˈvɛr.si.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ūniversitās''' ''f'' (genitive ūniversitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ūniversus]] “all together, whole”, from ⟨ūni-⟩ “one” and ⟨versus⟩ “turned”, with the suffix [[-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of the whole and of the universe.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the whole taken together, entirety, as Cicero's ''ūniversitās generis hūmānī'' “the whole human race”, and in Columella the overall aspect of a thing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero ''ūniversitās rērum'' was the universe.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Gaius' law it meant a collective unit of property, and a corporate body of persons, a community.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant completeness, a company, community, guild, society, corporation, and a university.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of the universality of the Church and of a collectivity of persons.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|university]] came about 1300, of an institution of higher learning.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the whole and of the universe.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of an overall aspect.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius uses it of a corporation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The whole, entirety; the universe.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' A collective property; a corporation, community.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A guild; a [[m|en|university]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ūniversālis]]

+ * [[ūniversē]]

+ * [[ūniversus]]

+ * [[en|university]]

+ * [[en|universe]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}