participatio Latin · revision 8490

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''participātiō''' ''f'' (genitive participātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[participō]] “to share in” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Apuleius, of sharing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Apuleius c. 125–175 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant participation, sharing, as in Apuleius, and apparently a participle.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Christian Latin it meant having a part, sharing, communion.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for sharing with others, and of a crime, complicity.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''partecipazione'', French ''participation'' and Spanish ''participación'', and gave [[en|participation]] in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of sharing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''participation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Participation]], sharing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A participle.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Complicity.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[participō]]

+ * [[particeps]]

+ * [[en|participation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}