distantia Latin · revision 7963

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈtan.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈtan.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''distantia''' ''f'' (genitive distantiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[distāns]], the present participle of [[distō]] “to stand apart”, with the suffix [[-ia]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) An inscription has ⟨-ncia⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucretius, of difference.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Lucretius and Cicero it meant difference in quality or degree.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Vitruvius it meant distance between two points, and the interval of a musical note, and in Columella and Pliny the Elder remoteness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant distance, difference, diversity.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a dispute.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''distanza'' and French ''distance'', and Old French ''destance'' “discord” gave [[en|distance]] about 1300, first “a dispute”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of difference.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of distance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 1300 – English ''distance'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Distance]]; a musical interval.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Remoteness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Difference.^(OLD 2012)

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

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[distans]]

+ * [[distō]]

+ * [[en|distance]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}