omnino Latin · revision 17937

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔmˈniː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [omˈniː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''omnīnō''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[omnis]] “all”, as a fixed case form of an adjective ⟨*omn-īno-⟩ “whole”, with the same ending as [[repentīnō]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan thinks ⟨omnis⟩ may be a verbal adjective [[itc-pro|*op-ni-]], from the root of [[optō]] “to choose” or of [[ops]] “wealth”, but calls this uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius makes Neoptolemus say he must philosophize, but briefly, ''nam omnīnō haud placēre'', “for to do so altogether does not please him”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Plautus has ''nōn omnīnō iam periī'', “I am not entirely done for yet”.^(OLD 2012) De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Omnīnō'' is “in every respect, entirely, altogether”, and with numbers “in all, all told”, often stressing how small a total is.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) With negatives it means “at all” (''nihil omnīnō'', “nothing at all”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It also means “in general, as a whole”, sums up a matter (“in short”), and concedes a point before a ''sed'', “it is quite true that”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Döderlein contrasts ''[[plānē]]'', “completely” as against “almost”, with ''omnīnō'', “altogether, generally” as against “partly”.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it “altogether, entirely, totally, utterly”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''nam omnīnō haud placēre''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''nōn omnīnō iam periī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''nihil omnīnō relictum'', “nothing at all was left”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it for “in general”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|entirely]], altogether, wholly, utterly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(with numbers)'' In all, all told; only.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(with negatives)'' At all.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In general, on the whole.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(in concessions)'' It is quite true that.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[omnis]]

+ * [[prōrsus]]

+ * [[penitus]]

+ * [[plānē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}