suggestio Latin · revision 9145

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Quintilian|origins=la gerō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sʊɡˈɡɛs.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sudˈd͡ʒɛs.ti.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suggestiō''' ''f'' (genitive suggestiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''subgestiō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[suggerō]] “to supply, prompt” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Quintilian, whom he dates c. 35–95/96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In rhetoric it was the figure of supplying an answer to one's own question.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Caelius Aurelianus uses it for an adding to, an addition.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a hint, advice, and a petition, memorial.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for suggestion, recommendation, incitement.^(DMLBS) Through Anglo-French and Old French ''suggestioun'' it gave [[en|suggestion]] in the mid-14th century, first “a prompting to evil”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

+ * 5th century AD – Caelius Aurelianus uses it of an addition.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''suggestion'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' The supplying of an answer to one's own question.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An addition.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|suggestion]], advice; a petition.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suggerō]]

+ * [[gerō]]

+ * [[en|suggestion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}