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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪn.tɛrˈwɛn.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [in.terˈvɛn.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''interventiō''' ''f'' (genitive interventiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[interveniō]] “to come between, intervene” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Ulpian, whom he dates before 223 AD, and the Digest uses it of standing surety.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In law it meant an intervention as a surety, an interposing, a giving of security.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short call it post-classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant intervention, intercession.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant intercession, and presence, interference.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for intercession with God or with a person.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|intervention]] in the early 15th century, “intercession, intercessory prayer”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of surety.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ * early 15th century – English ''intervention'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # ''(law)'' A standing surety.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Intercession, [[m|en|intervention]].^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[interveniō]]
+ * [[veniō]]
+ * [[en|intervention]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}