variatio Latin · revision 9141

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''variātiō''' ''f'' (genitive variātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[variō]] “to vary” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[varius]] “various”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Livy, whom he dates 59 BC–17 AD, and Livy has ''sine ūllā variātiōne'' “with no difference”, that is, unanimously.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant divergence of behaviour between people, as in Livy, the action of making varied, diversification, as in Pliny, and in Ulpian a change of mind.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for variation in colour and for variety.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''variacion'' it gave [[en|variation]] about 1400, “discrepancy, lack of agreement”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of a change of mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''variation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Difference, divergence.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Diversification, [[m|en|variation]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A change of mind.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[variō]]

+ * [[varius]]

+ * [[en|variation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}