clausula Latin · revision 9444

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *kleh₂w-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɫau̯.sʊ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈklaːu̯.su.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''clausula''' ''f'' (genitive clausulae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from ⟨claus-⟩, the participle stem of [[claudō]] “to shut, close”, with the suffix [[-ula]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨claudō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*klaud-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*kleh₂u-d-|t=to shut]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of the end of a letter.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the concluding passage of a letter, speech or argument, as in Cicero; in rhetoric the rhythmic close of a periodic sentence, as in Cicero; the end of a word or a line of verse, as in Quintilian; the conclusion of a transaction; a clause of a law or document, as in Cicero; and in Pliny the Elder an end, extremity.^(OLD 2012) Cicero speaks of a mime that, when no ending can be found, breaks off.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was an end, conclusion, sentence, section, clause.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a close, conclusion, as in Aldhelm.^(DMLBS) [[en|clause]] (about 1200) came through Old French ''clause'' and Medieval Latin ''clausa'', used in the sense of ''clausula''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of verse.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''clause'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|conclusion]], ending.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' The rhythmic close of a sentence; the end of a line of verse.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|clause]] of a law or document.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An end, extremity.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[claudō]]

+ * [[clausūra]]

+ * [[clausus]]

+ * [[en|clause]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}