consideratio Latin · revision 9203

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsīderātiō''' ''f'' (genitive cōnsīderātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[cōnsīderō]] “to examine, consider” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(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 has ''cōnsīderātiō nātūrae'' “the observation of nature”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant looking, inspection, as in Vitruvius, and mental examination, contemplation, consideration, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note it is rare and not in Quintilian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant regard, observance, and arbitration.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for contemplation, scrutiny, a point of view, and in astronomy for observation, and Bede uses it.^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010) Through Old French ''consideracion'' it gave [[en|consideration]] in the mid-14th century, “a beholding; contemplation”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of inspection.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Looking, inspection.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Contemplation, [[m|en|consideration]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Regard; arbitration.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inconsideratio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnsīderō]]

+ * [[en|consideration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}