repraesentatio Latin · revision 9152

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''repraesentātiō''' ''f'' (genitive repraesentātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[repraesentō]] “to make present, show; to pay at once” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of payment in ready money.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant payment in ready money, as in Cicero, and the act of bringing before the mind, as in Gellius, and Quintilian and Pliny the Elder use it for a representation, a vivid showing.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) An inscription uses it of an image, a re-embodiment.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan in the sense of representation.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for presenting someone before a court.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''representacion'' it gave [[en|representation]] about 1400, “image, likeness”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of payment.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of vivid description.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Payment in cash.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A showing, [[m|en|representation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # An image.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[repraesentō]]

+ * [[praesēns]]

+ * [[en|representation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}