invitatio Latin · revision 8182

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''invitātiō''' ''f'' (genitive invitātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[invītō]] “to invite” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of the invitation to drink and to a meal.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant doing the honours at a meal, especially the invitation to drink, and an invitation to a meal or other hospitality, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant invitation, challenge, incitement.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for an invitation to food or lodging, and to a course of action.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''invitazione'' and Spanish ''invitación'', and gave [[en|invitation]] in the mid-15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The invitation to drink at a meal.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An [[m|en|invitation]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A challenge, incitement.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[invītō]]

+ * [[en|invitation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}