decisio Latin · revision 7929

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈt͡ʃiː.s̬i.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēcīsiō''' ''f'' (genitive dēcīsiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dēcīdō]] “to cut off, settle” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Cicero it meant a settlement, agreement, the deciding of a disputed matter, and Lewis and Short call it frequent in good prose in this sense.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Apuleius it meant a lessening, curtailment.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a settlement, agreement, decision, a lessening, and in canon law an act resolving a dispute.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a judicial sentence.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''decisione'' and French ''décision'', and Old French gave [[en|decision]] in the mid-15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * mid-15th century – English ''decision'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A lessening.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A settlement, [[m|en|decision]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A judicial sentence.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēcīdō]]

+ * [[caedō]]

+ * [[en|decision]]

+ * [[en|decide]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}