possessor Latin · revision 9946

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la possideō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɔsˈsɛs.sɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [posˈsɛs.sor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''possessor''' ''m'' (genitive possessōris, feminine possestrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[possideō]] “to possess” (participle ⟨possessus⟩) with the agent suffix [[m|la|-tor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Cicero, of a holder of land.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a person who holds land or other property, an occupier, possessor, as in Cicero, and in Petronius one who has jurisdiction or military control over an area.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Medieval Latin used it absolutely for a landowner.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin applied it also to God.^(DMLBS) English ''possessor'' and French ''possesseur'' are from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it of one controlling an area.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A holder of land or property, [[m|en|occupier]], [[m|en|possessor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # One who controls an area.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|landowner]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[compossessor]]

+ * [[possessōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[possideō]]

+ * [[possessiō]]

+ * [[en|possessor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}