distinctio Latin · revision 8196

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la distinguō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈtiːŋk.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈtiŋk.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''distīnctiō''' ''f'' (genitive distīnctiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[distinguō]] “to separate, distinguish” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of making a distinction.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Columella it meant separating into divisions, in Cicero distinguishing, a distinction, and a detailed description, and in Quintilian distinctness, what sets a thing apart.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant distinction, difference, division.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a logical distinction, a chapter of a treatise, and a stipulation.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for division, a boundary, a punctuation mark and a pause in music.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''distinzione'' and French ''distinction'', and gave [[en|distinction]] about 1200, first of a part of a book.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of division.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''distinction'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Division, separation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Distinction]], differentiation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Distinctness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A detailed description.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A chapter; a [[m|en|punctuation]] mark.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[distinguō]]

+ * [[distinctus]]

+ * [[en|distinction]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}