querimonia Latin · revision 9997

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la queror}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''querimōnia''' ''f'' (genitive querimōniae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|queror|-mōnia|t1=to complain]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨queror⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*kʷes-e/o-⟩ and reports the derivation from [[ine-pro|*ḱwes-|t=to hiss, sigh]], comparing [[sa|श्वसिति|tr=śvásiti|t=hisses, snorts]], but finds it semantically not compelling.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant an expression of grievance, a complaint, protest, as in Cicero's ''querimōniae dē iniūriīs'' “complaints of wrongs”, and a lament, as in Gellius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it in law for a claim, the amount claimed, and a plaint or action at law.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for a complaint.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|complaint]], [[m|en|grievance]], protest.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|lament]].^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, law)'' A claim; a [[m|en|plaint]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[queror]]

+ * [[querēla]]

+ * [[questus]]

+ * [[querulus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}