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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [nʊ.mɛˈraː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [nu.meˈrat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''numerātiō''' ''f'' (genitive numerātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[numerō]] “to count” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[numerus]] “number”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Seneca, whom he dates 4 BC–65 AD, and Gaffiot cites his ''Letters'' for counting out money.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a calculation, reckoning, and the paying out of money, as in Columella.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan and give a counting out, payment.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for numbering, reckoning, and for a census.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''numerazione'' and Spanish ''numeración'', and gave [[en|numeration]] in the early 15th century, “method of numbering or calculating”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of counting out money.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of reckoning and payment.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''numeration'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A reckoning, calculation.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A paying out, [[m|en|payment]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A census.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[numerābilis]]
+ * [[numerālis]]
+ * [[numerārius]]
+ * [[numerātor]]
+ * [[numerātus]]
+ * [[numerius]]
+ * [[numerō]]
+ * [[numerōsē]]
+ * [[numerōsitās]]
+ * [[numerōsiter]]
+ * [[numerus]]
+ * [[en|numeration]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}