coniunctus Latin · revision 30642

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *yewg-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔnˈjuːŋk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [konˈjuŋk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''coniūnctus''' (feminine coniūncta, neuter coniūnctum, comparative coniūnctior, superlative coniūnctissimus); first/second-declension participle^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''conjūnctus''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[m|la|coniungō|t=to join together]] used as an adjective,^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) from [[m|la|con-]] and [[m|la|iungō|t=to join]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*yewg-|t=to join, yoke]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lucretius describes the earth as ''coniūncta'', joined on all sides, and Cicero uses it often.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Coniūnctus'' is “adjoining, linked” in space (Caesar: a camp joined to the town wall), “connected” in time (“contemporary”: Cicero, of an orator close to his own age), and of speech and reasoning “connected, continuous” and “complex”, as opposed to simple.^(OLD 2012) Of people it is “closely bound” by friendship, kinship or obligation, and of things “closely related” (Cicero: everything connected with virtue deserves praise).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the earth as ''coniūncta''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of things ''coniūncta cum virtūte''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of slaves more attached to the farm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Joined, adjoining, [[m|en|contiguous]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Contemporary; continuous.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of discourse)'' Connected; complex.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Closely bound (by friendship or kinship), intimate.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Closely related, [[m|en|connected]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[coniungō]]

+ * [[iungō]]

+ * [[coniūnctiō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A rare noun ''coniūnctus'', genitive ''-ūs'', “a joining”, is found in Varro, who says that the ''quadrīgae'' (four-horse chariots) were named ''ā coniūnctū''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}