aequanimitas Latin · revision 10017

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Terence|origins=la aequus, la animus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ae̯.kʷaˈnɪ.mɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [e.kʷaˈniː.mi.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aequanimitās''' ''f'' (genitive aequanimitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[aequus]] “even, calm” and [[animus]] “mind”, through ⟨aequanimis⟩, with [[m|la|-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan finds no convincing etymology for ⟨aequus⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Terence, of goodwill.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Before the classical period it meant goodwill, kindness, favour, as in the prologues of Terence; later it meant calmness of mind, equanimity, as in Seneca and Pliny, and Lewis & Short note it is rare beside the phrase ''aequus animus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ English ''equanimity'' (c. 1600) is from it through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of goodwill.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of calmness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''equanimity'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|goodwill|alt=Goodwill]], favour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Calmness of mind, [[m|en|equanimity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aequus]]

+ * [[animus]]

+ * [[en|equanimity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}