dispar Latin · revision 10205

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Accius|origins=la dis-, la pār}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dispār''' (genitive disparis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[m|la|dis-]] and [[pār]] “equal”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan finds the origin of the long vowel of ⟨pār⟩ disputed, perhaps from ⟨*parVs⟩, and compares Umbrian ⟨pars⟩ “prescribed”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Accius, “unequal”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Accius 170–c. 90 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant unequal in quantity or worth, as in Accius, and in Cicero different in kind, unlike, dissimilar, as in ''dispar alicui'' “different from someone”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means unlike, unequal, different.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for one who is not a peer.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives as Spanish ''dispar'', and German ''disparat'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the dissimilar.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|unequal|alt=Unequal]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|unlike|alt=Unlike]], [[m|en|dissimilar]], different.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, noun)'' One who is not a [[m|en|peer]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pār]]

+ * [[impār]]

+ * [[en|disparity]]

+ * [[en|disparate]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short give ''impar'', ''dissimilis'' and ''absimilis'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}