conceptus Latin · revision 7762

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''conceptus''' ''m'' (genitive conceptūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[concipiō]] “to take in, conceive” with the suffix of action nouns [[-tus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL dates it from Cicero, and the OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of conception.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant conceiving in the womb, conception, as in Cicero, in Pliny the Elder of other natural processes and of catching fire, and in Seneca the embryo itself.^(OLD 2012) In Pliny it also meant the storing up of water, a reservoir, as the Tiber navigable after nine days' gathering of water.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a concept, thought, purpose.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for physical conception and for a thought, idea.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''concetto'' and Spanish ''concepto''.^(Wiktionary) Medieval Latin ''conceptum'' gave [[en|concept]] in the 1550s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of conception.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of the embryo.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of a reservoir.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1550s – English ''concept'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Conception]]; an embryo.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The storing up of water; a reservoir.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A thought, [[m|en|concept]].^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[conceptiō]]

+ * [[concipiō]]

+ * [[en|concept]]

+ * [[en|concetto]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}