municeps Latin · revision 9166

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=compound|attested=Lucilius|origins=la mūnia, la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmuː.nɪ.kɛps]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmuː.ni.t͡ʃeps]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mūniceps''' ''m'' or f (genitive mūnicipis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ The genitive plural is usually ''mūnicipum'', and the Tabula Heracleensis has ''mūnicipium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[mūnia]] “duties, obligations” and ⟨-ceps⟩ “taker”, from [[capiō]] “to take”, so “one who takes on obligations”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan explains it from ⟨*mūnia-kap-s⟩, or as a back-formation from [[mūnicipium]], and derives ⟨mūnia⟩ and [[mūnus]] from the stems ⟨*mūnos-⟩ and ⟨*mūni-⟩ “function, obligation”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucilius, of a fellow townsman.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a citizen of a ''mūnicipium'', a municipal town, as in Cicero, and a native of the same town, a fellow townsman, as in Lucilius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a castellan, and in the plural the garrison of a castle.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for a native or inhabitant of a town.^(DMLBS) Its derivative ''mūnicipālis'' gave [[en|municipal]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A citizen of a ''mūnicipium''.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A fellow townsman.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A castellan.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mūnus]]

+ * [[mūnicipium]]

+ * [[mūnicipālis]]

+ * [[en|municipal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}