applicatio Latin · revision 9214

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la plicō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ap.plɪˈkaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ap.pliˈkat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''applicātiō''' ''f'' (genitive applicātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adplicātiō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[applicō]] “to attach, apply” 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 Lewis & Short note it is found only in Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant an attaching, joining, and in Cicero's ''Laelius'' an inclination of the mind; it was also the attachment of a client to a patron, and the patron's right to inherit from a client who died without heirs.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for bringing into contact, as of a lighted candle, and in astrology.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''aplicacion'' it gave [[en|application]] in the early 15th century, “the bringing of something to bear on something else”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * early 15th century – English ''application'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An attaching, joining; inclination.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The attachment of a client to a patron.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[applicō]]

+ * [[plicō]]

+ * [[en|application]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}