permissio Latin · revision 7913

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la mittō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɛrˈmɪs.si.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [perˈmis.si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''permissiō''' ''f'' (genitive permissiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[permittō]] “to let go, allow” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of a figure of speech and of permission.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates the ''Rhetorica'' 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The TLL notes it occurs in few places in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', Cicero, Livy and Quintilian, and more often from Tertullian on.^(TLL) In Livy it meant surrender to another's authority, and in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' a figure that pretends to leave the decision to another, and permission, leave, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant permission, leave.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for leaving untended.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''permissione'' and French ''permission'', and Old French gave [[en|permission]] in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of permission.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of surrender.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it more often.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Surrender.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' A deferring to another's decision.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Permission]], leave.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[permittō]]

+ * [[en|permission]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}