auctio Latin · revision 7333

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''auctiō''' ''f'' (genitive auctiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[augeō]] “to increase” with the suffix [[-tiō]], since the bids rise.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Köbler traces ⟨augeō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*h₂ewg-|t=to increase]].^(Köbler 2010)

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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 earliest citation for the property sold is from Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a public sale, an auction, as Cicero's ''auctiōnem facere'' and ''īnstituere'', and by metonymy the goods sold, the catalogue, or the proceeds.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The TLL cites the ''Bellum Africum'' for the royal auction held at Zama.^(TLL) In Tacitus and Macrobius it also meant an increase, as ''auctiō frūmentī et tribūtōrum'' “the increase of grain levies and tribute”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant an augmentation, enlargement.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of an auction and of an enlargement.^(DMLBS) [[en|auction]] came in the 1590s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has the word.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''auctiōnem facere''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of an increase.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1590s – English ''auction'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A public sale, [[m|en|auction]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Goods for sale; a catalogue; the proceeds.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An increase.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[auctionalis]]

+ * [[auctiōnārius]]

+ * [[auctiōnor]]

+ * [[coauctio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[augeō]]

+ * [[auctor]]

+ * [[en|auction]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}