generatio Latin · revision 7904

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la genus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɡɛ.nɛˈraː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [d͡ʒe.neˈrat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''generātiō''' ''f'' (genitive generātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[generō]] “to beget” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010) Lewis and Short call it post-Augustan, and the OLD cites Pliny the Elder.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant begetting, procreation, generation, as Pliny the Elder's breeding of fish, and in plants.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Ambrose and the Vulgate it meant a generation of men.^(Gaffiot 2016) Jerome notes that creation is called ''generātiō'' or ''nātīvitās''.^(TLL)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant generation, a period of time, birth, pedigree, fruit.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for birth, spiritual rebirth, offspring and descent.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''generazione'' and French ''génération'', and Old French gave [[en|generation]] in the early 14th century, “people born about the same time”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of breeding.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 340–397 AD – Ambrose uses it of a generation of men.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''generation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Begetting, procreation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A [[m|en|generation]] of men.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Offspring; descent.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[generātor]]

+ * [[generō]]

+ * [[genus]]

+ * [[en|generation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}