dissentio

Forms

dissentiō (present infinitive dissentīre, perfect active dissēnsī, supine dissēnsum); fourth conjugation^[1] Coelius Antipater has a deponent dissentiuntur.^[2]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin dis- (“apart”) + sentiō (“to feel, think”).^[2][1][3] De Vaan traces ⟨sentiō⟩ to Proto-Italic *sentije/o- and Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to notice”), and compares Lithuanian sintėti (“to think”) and Old Church Slavonic сѧштъ (sęštŭ, “sensible, wise”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's first example is in Pacuvius, paired with concertāre, “to dispute and disagree”.^[2][5]

Semantic evolution

It is to differ in opinion, to disagree, usually with ⟨ab⟩, as Cicero's many schools of philosophers disagreeing among themselves.^[2][6] With a thing as subject it is to differ or be inconsistent, as when, in Cicero, the wording of a document differs from its intention.^[2]

Church Latin glosses it “dissent, disagree, protest, object”.^[7] English dissent (mid-15th century) comes from it, partly through Old French.^[3]

Timeline

• 220–130 BC – Pacuvius of disagreeing.^[2][5]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero of philosophers and of words that differ from their sense.^[2][5]
• mid-15th century – English dissent.^[3]

Meanings

Verb

1. To differ in opinion, disagree, dissent (from).^[2][1][6]
2. To disagree with each other.^[2]
3. (of things) To differ, be inconsistent.^[2]
4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) To protest, object; to refuse assent.^[7]

Related words

• sentiō
• cōnsentiō
• dissēnsiō
• English dissent

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
7. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson