exploratio Latin · revision 9182

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Columella|origins=la plōrō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''explōrātiō''' ''f'' (genitive explōrātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[explōrō]] “to search out, investigate” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Columella, of examining a shoot.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler's first source is Suetonius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant searching out, investigation, examination, and in the army a reconnaissance unit.^(OLD 2012) Tacitus has ''explōrātiō occulta'' “secret spying”.^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for exploration, reconnoitring, scouting, spying, with reference to Numbers 14.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into French and [[en|exploration]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of spying.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Investigation, examination, [[m|en|exploration]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(military)'' Reconnaissance; a scouting unit.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[explōrō]]

+ * [[explōrātor]]

+ * [[en|exploration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}