compensatio Latin · revision 9208

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la pendō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''compēnsātiō''' ''f'' (genitive compēnsātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''conpēnsātiō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[compēnsō]] “to weigh together, balance” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[con-]] and [[pēnsō]] “to weigh”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of weighing factors against each other.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a weighing or counter-balancing of factors, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', and in Gaius and the Digest the offsetting of items in an account, set-off.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Gaffiot also gives exchange, barter.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for the balancing of loss with gain.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''compensazione'' and Spanish ''compensación'', and gave [[en|compensation]] in the late 14th century, “action of compensating”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius uses it of accounts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''compensation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A weighing, balancing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Set-off (in accounts); [[m|en|compensation]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compēnsō]]

+ * [[pēnsō]]

+ * [[pendō]]

+ * [[en|compensation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}