oblatio Latin · revision 8299

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oblātiō''' ''f'' (genitive oblātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[offerō]] “to offer”, through its participle ⟨oblātus⟩, with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Georges and Gaffiot cite Ulpian in the Digest, of offering what is left.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short call it post-classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the offering of something, a tender, presentation, and the right to offer.^(OLD 2012) The Theodosian Code uses it of a bid at an auction and of a gift, and the Vulgate of a sacrifice.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant an offering, a religious sacrifice.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a present, an estate given to a church, and the glebe that supported a church.^(Niermeyer 1976) Through Old French ''oblacion'' it gave [[en|oblation]] about 1400, “an offering to a deity”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of an offer.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of a sacrifice.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''oblation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An offering, tender.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A bid (at an auction).^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' An [[m|en|oblation]], sacrifice.^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An estate given to a church.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[offerō]]

+ * [[oblātus]]

+ * [[en|oblation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}