discors

Forms

discors (genitive discordis); third-declension one-termination adjective^[1] Pomponius has a feminine nominative discordis.^[2][3][4]

Etymology

It is formed from dis- (“apart”) and cor (“heart”), the opposite of concors (“agreeing”).^[2][4][5] De Vaan derives ⟨cor⟩ from Proto-Italic *kord and Proto-Indo-European *ḱērd (“heart”).^[6] Cognate with Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”), Lithuanian širdìs (“heart”) and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairto, “heart”).^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler gives Cicero as its first author,^[5] who has men “not at odds through rivalry or ambition” in his speech on the agrarian law.^[2]

Semantic evolution

It is at variance, disagreeing or in conflict, of people, of parties and of feelings.^[2][3][1] It is also different, inconsistent or incongruous, as in Horace's phrase rērum concordia discors, “the discordant harmony of things”.^[2][3]

Church Latin glosses it “discordant, disagreeing, opposed”.^[7]

Timeline

• 81–43 BC – Cicero of men not at odds.^[2][5]
• 65–8 BC – Horace: rērum concordia discors.^[2][5]

Meanings

Adjective

1. At variance, disagreeing, discordant.^[2][3][1][7]
2. Different, inconsistent, incongruous.^[2][1]

Word family

• discordia

Related words

• concors
• cor
• discordō

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ a b Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
5. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
7. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson