districtus Latin · revision 9190

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈtrɪk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈtrik.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''districtus''' (feminine districta, neuter districtum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The adjective is the participle of [[distringō]] “to stretch apart; to hinder”, from [[dis-]] and [[stringō]] “to draw tight”; the noun is from the same verb with the suffix [[-tus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Cicero uses it of being hindered by something.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it meant having many claims on one's attention, busy, and hindered, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The noun appears in Justinian's Novels for a territory, district.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant coercive action by a judicial authority and the area of jurisdiction.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for an area of jurisdiction, royal, civic or ecclesiastical.^(DMLBS) Through French ''district'' it gave [[en|district]] in the 1610s, “territory under the jurisdiction of a lord”, and its neuter through Old French ''destreit'' gave French ''détroit'' “strait”, whence the name [[en|Detroit]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of being hindered.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * 6th century AD – Justinian's Novels use the noun of a territory.^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * 1610s – English ''district'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Busy, occupied; hindered.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A territory, [[m|en|district]].^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Jurisdiction; coercion.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[distringō]]

+ * [[stringō]]

+ * [[en|district]]

+ * [[en|Detroit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}