incuriosus Latin · revision 10166

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Sallust|origins=la cūra}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪŋ.kuː.riˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iŋ.ku.riˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''incūriōsus''' (feminine incūriōsa, neuter incūriōsum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[cūriōsus]] “careful”, or from [[incūria]] “carelessness” with [[m|la|-ōsus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan, following Leumann, takes ⟨cūriōsus⟩ as a back-formation from ⟨incūriōsus⟩; he reconstructs [[cūra]] as Proto-Italic ⟨*kʷois-ā-⟩ “care, watch”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Sallust.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Sallust 86–34 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant paying no attention, careless, negligent, unconcerned, indifferent, as in Sallust, Tacitus and Suetonius, and passively neglected, done carelessly, and Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan in most uses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''nōn incūriōsus'' was conscientious.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for careless and not interested in.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|careless|alt=Careless]], [[m|en|negligent]], indifferent.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[incuriositas]]

+ * [[incūriōsē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cūriōsus]]

+ * [[incūria]]

+ * [[cūra]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}