impressio Latin · revision 7912

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''impressiō''' ''f'' (genitive impressiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[imprimō]] “to press in, stamp” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) It is also spelled ⟨inpressiō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of emphatic pronunciation, and the TLL dates the plural from Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a push, thrust, and in war an assault, as in Seneca and Livy, and also a squeezing.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Apuleius it meant pressing on, the making of marks by pressure, a stamp, and a sense impression.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it meant emphatic pronunciation, a beat in rhythm.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant an impression, stamp.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for the type of a coin, a seal, and oppression.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''impressione'' and French ''impression'', and Old French gave [[en|impression]] in the late 14th century, “a mark produced by pressure”, also “an image in the mind”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of stamping.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''impression'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A thrust; an [[m|en|assault]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Squeezing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Stamping; an [[m|en|impression]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Emphasis; a beat.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A seal; oppression.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[imprimō]]

+ * [[premō]]

+ * [[en|impression]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}