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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [noːˈtɪ.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [noˈtit.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''nōtitia''' ''f'' (genitive nōtitiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[nōtus]] “known” with the suffix ⟨-itia⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius and Vitruvius have a fifth-declension ⟨nōtitiēs⟩, and Lucretius a genitive ⟨nōtitiāī⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence, of acquaintance with a person.^(OLD 2012) Köbler also starts with Terence, whom he dates 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant acquaintance with a person, as in Terence, and in Caesar carnal knowledge.^(OLD 2012) It meant practical knowledge, familiarity, knowledge of a science or language, as in Cicero, and awareness of a fact, as in Ovid.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant a conception, idea, rendering Greek ''énnoia'', and in Vitruvius, Nepos and Seneca the state of being known, fame.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Döderlein explains that ''cognitiō'' is the act of acquiring knowledge, ''nōtitia'' and ''scientia'' the state of knowing.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant knowledge, news, fame, acquaintance.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant a list, an account, and a document.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|notice]] came in the early 15th century through Old French, first as “information, knowledge”.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''notizia'' and Spanish ''noticia''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of acquaintance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of practical knowledge.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a conception.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''notice'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Acquaintance; carnal knowledge.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Knowledge, familiarity.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Awareness.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A conception, idea.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Fame; notoriety.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A list; a document.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nōscō]]
+ * [[nota]]
+ * [[nōtescō]]
+ * [[nōtiō]]
+ * [[nōtor]]
+ * [[nōtōrius]]
+ * [[nōtus]]
+ * [[cognitiō]]
+ * [[en|notice]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}