depressio Latin · revision 9313

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēpressiō''' ''f'' (genitive dēpressiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dēprimō]] “to press down” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[dē-]] and [[premō]] “to press”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Vitruvius, whom he dates c. 84–c. 25 BC, and Gaffiot cites him for a sinking, lowering.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the action of sinking down or lowering, as of foundations in Vitruvius, and Macrobius has ''dēpressiō nāsī'' “a flat nose”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is not ante-Augustan and very rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant oppression.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for depression, pressing down, pressure, and in astronomy.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|depression]] about 1400, first an astronomical term for the angular distance of a star below the horizon.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * 1st half of 5th century AD – Macrobius uses it of a flat nose.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''depression'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A sinking, lowering, [[m|en|depression]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Oppression; pressure.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēprimō]]

+ * [[premō]]

+ * [[en|depression]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}