inspectio Latin · revision 9114

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnspectiō''' ''f'' (genitive īnspectiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[īnspiciō]] “to look into” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Columella (1st century AD), who says that at first sight a field shows neither its faults nor its merits.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant looking at or into, as in Apuleius, a visual examination, inspection, and a theoretical investigation, as in Seneca.^(OLD 2012) Quintilian and Pliny the Younger also use it, and Lewis & Short note it is post-Augustan.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was used in the Low Countries for the inspection of dikes.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for observation, the reading of a book, and divination.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''inspeccion'' it gave [[en|inspection]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of inspection.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A looking at; [[m|en|inspection]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # An investigation.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnspiciō]]

+ * [[īnspector]]

+ * [[en|inspection]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}