dissimilis Latin · revision 30670

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sem-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [dɪsˈsɪ.mɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [disˈsiː.mi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dissimilis''' (neuter dissimile, comparative dissimilior, superlative dissimillimus, adverb dissimiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|dis-|similis|t2=like]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces the adjective to [[itc-pro|*semali-|t=alike, together]] and [[ine-pro|*sm̥h₂-el-i-]], from the root [[m|ine-pro|*sem-|t=one]], cognate with [[grc|ὁμαλός|tr=homalós|t=level, even]] and [[sga|samail|t=similar]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL and de Vaan record it from Plautus on, meaning “unlike, different”.^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the usual opposite of [[similis]] and [[cōnsimilis]], built with a genitive, a dative, ''atque'' or ''et'', or ''inter sē''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The comparative ''dissimilior'' appears in Cicero's ''Brutus'' and the superlative ''dissimillimus'' in Varro.^(TLL) As a neuter noun it is that which is unlike: Varro speaks of those who compare unlike things, verbs of the imperfect with the perfect.^(OLD 2012) In medieval Latin it could mean unfair.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, its first recorded use.^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of unlike things, and the superlative.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero has the comparative.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|unlike]], [[m|en|dissimilar]], different.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(neuter as noun)'' That which is unlike.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|unfair]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dissimilitūdō]]

+ * [[indissimilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[similis]]

+ * [[dissimulō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short give [[dispar]], [[impar]] and [[absimilis]] as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}