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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la tendō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈtɛn.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈtɛn.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''intentiō''' ''f'' (genitive intentiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also spelled ''intensiō'', as in Seneca.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[intendō]] “to stretch, direct” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of the statement of a charge.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates the ''Rhetorica'' 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Celsus it meant stretching, a spasm, and intensity; in Cicero it meant a fixed gaze and mental effort, concentration.^(OLD 2012) In Pliny the Elder it meant an aim, purpose, intention, and in law, from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', the statement of the charge.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant intention, purpose.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for an aim, effort, zeal, devotion, and an objection.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for stretching, and in music for the tightening of a string.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''intenzione'' and French ''intention'', and through Old French ''entencion'' it gave [[en|intention]] in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of a charge.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of attention.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of a purpose.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''intention'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Stretching; a spasm; intensity.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A fixed gaze; attention, concentration.^(OLD 2012)
+ # An aim, [[m|en|intention]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' The statement of the charge.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Zeal; devotion.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[intendō]]
+ * [[intentus]]
+ * [[en|intention]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}