animatio Latin · revision 9263

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [a.nɪˈmaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [a.niˈmat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''animātiō''' ''f'' (genitive animātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[animō]] “to give life to” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[anima]] “breath, soul”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and the OLD gives a single sense, a form of life.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a form of life, a living being.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it extremely rare and cite Tertullian for the quickening of a tree.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for the infusion of a soul, vitality.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|animation]] in the 1590s, first “action of imparting life”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of quickening.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1590s – English ''animation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A form of life, living being.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A quickening, [[m|en|animation]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[animāns]]

+ * [[animātor]]

+ * [[animātrīx]]

+ * [[animātus]]

+ * [[animō]]

+ * [[anima]]

+ * [[animus]]

+ * [[en|animation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}