determinatio Latin · revision 9193

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [deː.tɛr.mɪˈnaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [de.ter.miˈnat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēterminātiō''' ''f'' (genitive dēterminātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dēterminō]] “to bound, limit” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[terminus]] “boundary”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of a boundary and of the end of a speech.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the fixing of a boundary, a boundary, as in Cicero's ''extrēma ōra et dēterminātiō mundī'' “the outer edge and boundary of the world”, and in rhetoric an end, conclusion.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a judgement, a decree, a legal provision, and a condition.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for limitation, the fixing of a time, and in logic qualification.^(DMLBS) Through Old French it gave [[en|determination]] in the mid-14th century, first “a decision, a judicial settlement”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * mid-14th century – English ''determination'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A boundary; a fixing of limits.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' A conclusion.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A judgement, decree.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēterminō]]

+ * [[terminus]]

+ * [[en|determination]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}