destinatio Latin · revision 9195

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Livy|origins=la dēstinō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēstinātiō''' ''f'' (genitive dēstinātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dēstinō]] “to make fast, determine” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Livy, of designation for a purpose.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant designation for a purpose, specification, as in Livy, and in Petronius an intention, purpose, and Pliny the Elder has ''ex dēstinātiōne Agrippae'' “by Agrippa's design”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is perhaps not ante-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for sending, dispatch.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|destination]] in the 1590s, first “act of appointing, designation”; the sense of a journey's end is later.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it of intention.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1590s – English ''destination'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Designation, appointment.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Intention, purpose.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēstinō]]

+ * [[en|destination]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}