nonne Latin · revision 18115

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la nōn, la -ne}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnoːn.nɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnɔn.ne]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|nōn|-ne|t1=not|t2=interrogative particle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who has ''nōnne ego hīc stō?'', “am I not standing here?”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Nōnne'' introduces a direct question that expects the answer “yes”, “is it not the case that …?” (Cicero: ''nōnne animadvertis?'', “don't you notice?”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) In indirect questions it means “whether … not”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin describes it the same way, as the interrogative used when an affirmative answer is expected.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''nōnne ego hīc stō?''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''nōnne animadvertis?''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Particle===

+ # [[m|en|not]]? (introducing a direct question that expects the answer “yes”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Whether … not (in indirect questions).^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nōn]]

+ * [[-ne]]

+ * [[num]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}