pacificus Latin · revision 8488

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la pāx, la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [paːˈkɪ.fɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [paˈt͡ʃiː.fi.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pācificus''' (feminine pācifica, neuter pācificum, adverb pācificē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[pāx]] “peace” and [[-ficus]] “making”, from [[faciō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant making peace, tending to peace.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant peaceful, quiet, at rest.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for peace-loving and for what brings peace to the soul.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of what leads to peace or friendship, and the neuter plural for peace offerings.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''pacifico'' and French ''pacifique'', and through French it gave [[en|pacific]] in the 1540s, “tending to make peace”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English ''pacific'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Peacemaking, [[m|en|pacific]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Peaceful, peace-loving.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' As a noun, peace offerings.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[impacificus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pāx]]

+ * [[pācō]]

+ * [[en|pacific]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}