dissonus Latin · revision 10203

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Livy|origins=ine-pro *swenH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdɪs.sɔ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdis.so.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dissonus''' (feminine dissona, neuter dissonum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[m|la|dis-]] and [[sonus]] “sound”, the opposite of [[cōnsonus]]; compare [[dissonō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨sonō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*swena-]], from [[ine-pro|*swenH-|t=to sound]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Livy, of confused sounds.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant dissonant, discordant, confused in sound, resounding with confused noises, as in Livy and Tacitus, and composed of diverse elements, differing, as of peoples different in speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note that it is not used before Augustus, nor by Virgil, Ovid or Horace.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it in music for dissonant.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|dissonant|alt=Dissonant]], [[m|en|discordant]], confused.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Heterogeneous, differing.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sonus]]

+ * [[sonō]]

+ * [[dissonō]]

+ * [[cōnsonus]]

+ * [[en|dissonant]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}