fiscalis Latin · revision 8191

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Suetonius|origins=la fiscus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [fɪsˈkaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [fisˈkaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fiscālis''' (neuter fiscāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[fiscus]] “money basket, treasury” with the suffix [[-ālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Suetonius, whom he dates c. 75–c. 150 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant belonging to the imperial treasury or its revenues, and the neuter plural meant moneys due to it.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for what belonged to the king's patrimony or a royal estate, and of people dependent on a royal estate.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of royal revenue, and as a noun for the fisc and for taxes.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''fiscale'' and French and Spanish ''fiscal'', and through French it gave [[en|fiscal]] in the 1560s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 438 AD – The Theodosian Code uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1560s – English ''fiscal'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the imperial [[m|en|treasury]]; as a noun, moneys due to it.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of the royal estate; dependent on a royal estate.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fiscus]]

+ * [[en|fiscal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}