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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la emō}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cōnsūmptiō''' ''f'' (genitive cōnsūmptiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[cōnsūmō]] “to use up” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Gaffiot cites the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', “use, employment”.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates it 86/82 BC; his first source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant use, employment, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', and in Cicero's ''Timaeus'' a consuming, wasting away.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Medieval Latin it meant exhaustion, destruction.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for consumption, using up, and decay.^(DMLBS) Through Old French it gave [[en|consumption]] in the late 14th century, first “wasting of the body by disease”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of wasting.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''consumption'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A consuming, wasting away.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Use, employment.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[cōnsūmō]]
+ * [[sūmō]]
+ * [[en|consumption]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}