agricultio Latin · revision 9910

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la ager, la colō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''agricultiō''' ''f'' (genitive agricultiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Lewis & Short prefer to write it as two words, ''agrī cultiō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ager]] “field” and [[cultiō]] “cultivation”, from [[m|la|colō|t=to till]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan traces ⟨ager⟩ to [[itc-pro|*agro-|t=field]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-ro-|t=uncultivated field, pasture]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It occurs only twice, in Cicero's ''Verrines'' and ''Cato maior''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant husbandry, agriculture, as in Cicero's ''sī agrī cultiōnem sustuleris'' “if you abolish agriculture”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|husbandry|alt=Husbandry]], [[m|en|agriculture]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[agricultūra]]

+ * [[cultiō]]

+ * [[ager]]

+ * [[colō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}