ignominia Latin · revision 30698

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *h₃neh₃-mn}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪŋ.noːˈmɪ.ni.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iɲ.ɲoˈmiː.ni.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ignōminia''' ''f'' (genitive ignōminiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[m|la|nōmen|t=name]] with the suffix [[m|la|-ia]]: the loss of one's good name.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The ⟨g⟩ is that of [[m|la|cognōmen]], introduced from [[m|la|cognōscō]]; inscriptions also have the spelling ⟨ingn-⟩.^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨nōmen⟩ to [[itc-pro|*nōmn̥]] and [[ine-pro|*h₃neh₃-mn|t=name]], cognate with [[osc|𐌍𐌖𐌌𐌍𐌄𐌉𐌔|tr=numneís]], [[grc|ὄνομα|tr=ónoma]] and [[got|𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉|tr=namo]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lucilius, of putting “a stain and disgrace” (''maculam atque ignōminiam'') on someone's pleasures.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Roman public life ''ignōminia'' was a formal penalty: the censor's mark against a citizen, which kept him out of office and out of the senate (Cicero), and in the army a disgrace that brought dismissal or loss of rank (Caesar degrades some standard-bearers ''ignōminiā'').^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that it took away political honour by an official act, independently of what people said, unlike [[īnfāmia]], which was the loss of reputation.^(Döderlein 1874) In later legal texts the two can hardly be told apart.^(OLD 2012) More generally it is any disgrace or dishonour, and a particular disgraceful occurrence.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “shame, ignominy, confusion, disgrace”.^(Stelten 1995) English ''ignominy'' appeared in the 1530s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius of a disgrace.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the censor's mark.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of military degradation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1530s – English [[m|en|ignominy]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Degradation by a [[m|en|censor]]; military disgrace, dismissal.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Loss of good name, [[m|en|disgrace]], [[m|en|dishonour]], [[m|en|ignominy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A particular occasion of disgrace.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ignōminiō]]

+ * [[ignōminiōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nōmen]]

+ * [[īnfāmia]]

+ * [[en|ignominy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}