liberatio Latin · revision 9239

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [liː.bɛˈraː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [li.beˈrat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''līberātiō''' ''f'' (genitive līberātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[līberō]] “to set free” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[līber]] “free”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of deliverance from something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a setting free, release, deliverance, as in Cicero and Quintilian, and in Cicero an acquittal.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Ulpian it meant a release from debt.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for liberating, releasing, and of the deliverance of God's people.^(DMLBS) It survives in French ''livraison'' “delivery”, and through Old French ''libération'' it gave [[en|liberation]] in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of release from debt.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A setting free, [[m|en|release]], [[m|en|liberation]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # An acquittal.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A release from debt.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[līberō]]

+ * [[līber]]

+ * [[līberātor]]

+ * [[en|liberation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}