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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Quintilian|origins=la pōnō}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dēpositiō''' ''f'' (genitive dēpositiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dēpōnō]] “to lay down, deposit” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's earliest source is Quintilian, whom he dates c. 35–95/96 AD, and Quintilian uses it of the close of a sentence.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ A post-Augustan word, most frequent in legal Latin, it was a laying down; the pulling down of a building, demolition, as in Ulpian; the placing of money in another's keeping, a deposit, as in Ulpian; the giving up of a position or status; and the cessation of an activity, as in Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Christian and Medieval Latin it was dismissal from office; burial; the translation of relics; death, and the anniversary of a death; the testimony of a witness; and the right of staple.^(Niermeyer 1976) In Ecclesiastical Latin it was deposition, burial, removal, degradation.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for lowering, also of musical pitch.^(DMLBS) [[en|deposition]] (late 14th century) was first the removal of a person from office; the sense of testimony under oath is from the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of demolition and of a deposit.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''deposition'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A laying down; [[m|en|demolition]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # A [[m|en|deposit]] of money.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A giving up; a cessation.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|deposition|alt=Deposition]], dismissal from office.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|burial|alt=Burial]]; death; the anniversary of a death.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Testimony.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[dēpōnō]]
+ * [[dēpositum]]
+ * [[en|deposition]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}