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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [deːˈtɛr.mɪ.noː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈtɛr.mi.no]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dēterminō''' (present infinitive dētermināre, perfect active dētermināvī, supine dēterminātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dē-]] and [[terminō]] “to bound”, from [[terminus]] “boundary”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis and Short's and Gaffiot's earliest example is from Plautus, of marking out regions.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to mark out boundaries, delimit, as Plautus' regions and Livy's augural quarters, in Pliny the Elder to fix the extent of a place, and in Cicero to fix limits in time.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Seneca it meant to confine within limits and to lay down in fixed terms, define, and in Pliny to designate.^(OLD 2012) In Tacitus it meant in rhetoric to conclude a period.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to determine, limit, bound, fix, settle.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''determinare'' and French ''déterminer'', and Old French ''determiner'' gave [[en|determine]] in the late 14th century, “to settle, decide”, ''dēterminātiō'' gave [[en|determination]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of marking out regions.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of limits in time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of boundaries.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''determine'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To mark out the boundaries of; to fix the extent or limits of.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To confine.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To designate.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To define.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(rhetoric)'' To conclude (a period).^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To [[m|en|determine]], settle.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dēterminābilis]]
+ * [[dēterminātiō]]
+ * [[determinator]]
+ * [[indēterminātus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[terminus]]
+ * [[terminō]]
+ * [[en|determine]]
+ * [[en|determination]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}