municipalis Latin · revision 9327

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la mūnus, la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [muː.nɪ.kɪˈpaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [mu.ni.t͡ʃiˈpaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mūnicipālis''' (neuter mūnicipāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[mūniceps]] “citizen of a municipium” or [[mūnicipium]] with the suffix [[-ālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨Mūniceps⟩ is from [[mūnus]] “duty, service to the community”, and ⟨-cipere⟩, the combining form of [[capiō]] “to take”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Gaffiot cites the speech for Sulla.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of or belonging to a municipium, a self-governing town of Roman citizens, or to its citizens, often in a disparaging sense, provincial, as in Cicero; of persons it meant born in or living in a municipium.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tacitus used it too.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it of a city or borough, its officials and its legislation.^(DMLBS) [[en|municipal]] came through French ''municipal'' in the 1540s, of the self-government of a town.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English ''municipal'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a [[m|en|municipium]] or its citizens, [[m|en|municipal]]; provincial.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of persons) Born in or living in a municipium.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of a city or [[m|en|borough]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mūniceps]]

+ * [[mūnicipium]]

+ * [[mūnus]]

+ * [[en|municipal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}