suspensio Latin · revision 8506

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Vitruvius|origins=la pendō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sʊsˈpẽː.si.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [susˈpɛn.si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suspēnsiō''' ''f'' (genitive suspēnsiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[suspendō]] “to hang up” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Vitruvius, whom he dates c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In classical Latin it was the same as ''suspēnsūra'', a raised floor over a hypocaust.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

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+ In Christian Latin it meant an interruption, suspension from office, and suspense, expectation.^(Niermeyer 1976) In canon law ''suspēnsiō ā dīvīnīs'' was a censure forbidding a cleric his sacred functions.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for hanging, also as a method of execution.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|suspension]] in the early 15th century, of a temporary deprivation of office.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''suspension'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A raised floor over a hypocaust.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Interruption; [[m|en|suspension]] from office.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

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

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suspendō]]

+ * [[en|suspension]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}