compromissum Latin · revision 9315

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔm.proːˈmɪs.sũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kom.proˈmis.sum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''comprōmissum''' ''n'' (genitive comprōmissī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''conprōmissum''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of ⟨comprōmissus⟩, the participle of [[comprōmittō]] “to agree to arbitration”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Cicero has ''comprōmissum facere'' “to make a compromise”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a joint promise by two or more parties to abide by the award of an arbitrator, as in Cicero's speeches for Roscius the actor and against Verres.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it had the senses of ''comprōmissiō'', an agreement to arbitrate.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''compromesso'' and Spanish ''compromiso'', and through Old French ''compromis'' it gave [[en|compromise]] in the early 15th century, “a joint promise to abide by an arbiter's decision”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An agreement to submit to arbitration, a [[m|en|compromise]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[comprōmissārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[comprōmittō]]

+ * [[prōmissum]]

+ * [[en|compromise]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}