celebratio Latin · revision 8202

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''celebrātiō''' ''f'' (genitive celebrātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[celebrō]] “to throng, celebrate”, from [[celeber]] “crowded”, with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a gathering, concourse, and the celebration of a festival, as in Cicero, and in Pliny the Elder widespread use, vogue.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Christian Latin it meant the celebration of divine service, the performance of a sacred function.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for the assembling of a council or chapter.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''celebrazione'' and French ''célébration'', and [[en|celebration]] is recorded from the 1520s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a gathering and a festival.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of vogue.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1520s – English ''celebration'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A gathering, concourse.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The [[m|en|celebration]] of a festival.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Vogue, widespread use.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The celebration of divine service.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[celeber]]

+ * [[celebrātor]]

+ * [[celebrātus]]

+ * [[celebrēscō]]

+ * [[celebris]]

+ * [[celebritās]]

+ * [[celebriter]]

+ * [[celebrō]]

+ * [[en|celebration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}