liberalitas Latin · revision 8353

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la līber}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [liː.bɛˈraː.lɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [li.beˈraː.li.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''līberālitās''' ''f'' (genitive līberālitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[līberālis]] “befitting a free man, generous” with the suffix [[-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Terence, of generosity.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant generosity, nobility, kindliness, as in Terence, and in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' munificence, open-handedness.^(OLD 2012) In Tacitus it meant a gift, a donation.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant liberality, generosity.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for the status of a free man, and a privileged status.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for generosity of spirit, magnanimity.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''liberalità'' and French ''libéralité'', and through Old French it gave [[en|liberality]] in the mid-14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of generosity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of munificence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''liberality'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Generosity, kindliness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Munificence, [[m|en|liberality]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A gift.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The status of a free man.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[līber]]

+ * [[līberālis]]

+ * [[līberāliter]]

+ * [[līberātiō]]

+ * [[līberātor]]

+ * [[līberē]]

+ * [[līberī]]

+ * [[līberō]]

+ * [[libērta]]

+ * [[lībērtās]]

+ * [[en|liberality]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}