plagium Latin · revision 8170

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Grattius|origins=la plaga}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɫa.ɡi.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈplaː.d͡ʒi.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''plagium''' ''n'' (genitive plagiī or plagī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[plaga]] “hunting net” with the suffix [[-ium]], so originally “a catching”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) Wiktionary traces ⟨plaga⟩ to [[ine-pro|*pleḱ-|t=to weave]], as in [[plectō]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Varro, whom he dates 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's citation for netting game is from Grattius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the netting of game, as in Grattius, and in law, as in Ulpian, kidnapping, the crime of stealing or selling a free man or another's slave.^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for the crime of enslaving a free man or harbouring another's runaway slave.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for kidnapping, as in Alexander Neckam.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian and Spanish ''plagio'' “plagiarism”.^(Wiktionary) Its derivative ''plagiārius'' “kidnapper”, used by Martial of a literary thief, gave [[m|en|plagiary]] and [[en|plagiarism]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of kidnapping.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1620s – English ''plagiarism'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The netting of game.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' [[m|en|Kidnapping]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[plagiārius]]

+ * [[plagiō]]

+ * [[plāgō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plaga]]

+ * [[en|plagiarism]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}