partitio Latin · revision 9161

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la pars}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [parˈtit.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''partītiō''' ''f'' (genitive partītiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[partiō]] “to share, divide” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[pars]] “part”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', which he dates 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant sharing out, distribution, division, as in Cicero, and in rhetoric the division of a speech into sections, the enumeration of its parts.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for division, distribution of land, the division of a written work, and in astronomy.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''particion'' it gave [[en|partition]] about 1400.^(Etymonline) Through Old French ''parçon'' “share” and ''parçonier'' “joint owner” it also gave ''parcener'' and [[en|partner]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 1300 – English ''partner'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Sharing out, division, [[m|en|partition]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' The division of a speech.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pars]]

+ * [[partiāliter]]

+ * [[partiārius]]

+ * [[partiātim]]

+ * [[partibilis]]

+ * [[particeps]]

+ * [[participālis]]

+ * [[participātiō]]

+ * [[participātor]]

+ * [[participātum]]

+ * [[partiō]]

+ * [[en|partition]]

+ * [[en|partner]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}