periodus Latin · revision 7602

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Cicero|origins=grc περί, grc ὁδός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɛˈri.ɔ.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [peˈriː.o.dus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''periodus''' ''f'' (genitive periodī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned [[bor|grc|περίοδος|tr=períodos|t=going round, cycle]], from [[m|grc|περί|tr=perí|t=around]] and [[m|grc|ὁδός|tr=hodós|t=way]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline) It is also written ⟨perihodus⟩, as in Festus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Cicero still writes the word in Greek, rendering it ''ambitus'', ''circuitus'' and ''comprehēnsiō''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a complete sentence, a period, in rhetoric, as in Quintilian and Pliny the Younger.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a complete sentence, period, legend, story, stage.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for circular movement and a circuit.^(DMLBS) Medieval Latin ''periodus'' “cycle” gave [[en|period]] in the early 15th century, “a course of time”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero discusses the Greek term.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of a period.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''period'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' A [[m|en|period]], a complete sentence.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A cycle; a circuit.^(DMLBS)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|period]]

+ * [[en|periodic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}