notatio Latin · revision 9590

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la nota}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''notātiō''' ''f'' (genitive notātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[notō]] “to mark, note” with the suffix [[-tiō]]; ⟨notō⟩ is from [[nota]] “mark”, whose origin de Vaan finds unclear.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', which he dates 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the putting of a mark on something, as of voting tablets in Cicero, and the censors' mark of disgrace; a letter or symbol standing for a word, an abbreviation, as ''P.'' for Publius; the explanation of a word by its derivation, Cicero's rendering of Greek ⟨etumología⟩; defining; observation; and singling out, choice.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was observation, noting, designation, characterising.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for marking.^(DMLBS) [[en|notation]] (1560s) first meant the explanation of a term.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 1560s – English ''notation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A marking; the censors' mark of disgrace.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # An abbreviation, symbol.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|etymology|alt=Etymology]], explanation of a word.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Observation; choice.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nota]]

+ * [[notātus]]

+ * [[notula]]

+ * [[notō]]

+ * [[etymologia]]

+ * [[en|notation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}