argumentatio Latin · revision 9465

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=ine-pro *h₂erǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ar.ɡuː.mɛnˈtaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ar.ɡu.menˈtat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''argūmentātiō''' ''f'' (genitive argūmentātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[argūmentor]] “to argue” with the suffix [[-tiō]]; ⟨argūmentor⟩ is from [[argūmentum]], from [[arguō]] “to make clear, prove”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨arguō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*argu-|t=bright]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂erǵ-u-|t=white]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of a line of argument.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A rhetorical term, most frequent in Cicero, it was the presentation of arguments for a case, argumentation, and a particular proof or line of argument.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was argument, debate, proof, evidence.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for argument, reasoning, as in Aldhelm in 671.^(DMLBS) [[en|argumentation]] came through Old French in the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it often.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 671 – Aldhelm uses it.^(DMLBS)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''argumentation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|argumentation|alt=Argumentation]], arguing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A proof, line of argument.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[argūmentor]]

+ * [[argūmentum]]

+ * [[arguō]]

+ * [[en|argumentation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}