electio Latin · revision 7369

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēlēctiō''' ''f'' (genitive ēlēctiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ēligō]] “to pick out, choose” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short's earliest citation is from Cicero's ''Orator'', of choice.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the action, right or faculty of choosing, choice, selection, as in Cicero, Quintilian, Velleius and Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The plural appears in Tacitus' ''Dialogus'' and in Augustine.^(TLL)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant election, choice, selection, and election to salvation.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of election to bliss, the elect, a statutory law and a bishop's dignity.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it in law of a party's choice of procedure, and in astrology of the choice of a favourable time.^(DMLBS) [[en|election]] came about 1300, of choosing someone for an office.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of choice.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of selection.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Choice, selection.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|Election]]; election to salvation.^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The elect.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ēligō]]

+ * [[legō]]

+ * [[ēlectus]]

+ * [[en|election]]

+ * [[en|elect]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}