admiratio Latin · revision 9422

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ad.miːˈraː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ad.miˈrat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''admīrātiō''' ''f'' (genitive admīrātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[admīror]] “to wonder at” with the suffix [[-tiō]]; ⟨admīror⟩ is from [[ad-]] and [[mīror]] “to wonder”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and the OLD's first citations are from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was wonder, astonishment, surprise, and in the plural expressions of wonder, as in Cicero; admiration, veneration, as in Cicero's ''tua dīvīna virtūs admīrātiōnis plūs habet quam glōriae''; and a marvel, a remarkable thing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant surprise, bewilderment.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for wonder, admiration, and a source of wonder.^(DMLBS) [[en|admiration]] (early 15th century) first meant “wonder”, through Old French or directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Wonder, [[m|en|astonishment]], surprise.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|admiration|alt=Admiration]], regard.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A marvel.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[admīror]]

+ * [[mīror]]

+ * [[admīrābilis]]

+ * [[en|admiration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}