contentiosus Latin · revision 10216

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔn.tɛn.tiˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kon.ten.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''contentiōsus''' (feminine contentiōsa, neuter contentiōsum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|contentiō|-ōsus|t1=struggle, dispute]], from [[contendō]] “to strain, contend”, from [[m|la|con-]] and [[tendō]] “to stretch”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨tendō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*tend-]], [[ine-pro|*ten-d(ʰ)-|t=to stretch]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Pliny the Younger, and Köbler's earliest source is Suetonius.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Suetonius c. 75–c. 150 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant argumentative, quarrelsome, contentious, as in Pliny, of a debate full of struggle; and in Apuleius persistent, obstinate.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means contentious, rebellious.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for one refusing his duty, and ''iūrisdictiō contentiōsa'' was jurisdiction in civil disputes.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010) English ''contentious'' (early 15th century) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of obstinacy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''contentious'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Persistent, [[m|en|obstinate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Argumentative, [[m|en|quarrelsome]], [[m|en|contentious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, law)'' Of contested cases.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[contentiō]]

+ * [[contendō]]

+ * [[tendō]]

+ * [[en|contentious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}