indomitus Latin · revision 31113

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *demh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''indomitus''' (feminine indomita, neuter indomitum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and ⟨domitus⟩, the participle of [[m|la|domō|t=to tame]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨domō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*domaje-]] and the causative [[ine-pro|*domh₂-eie/o-|t=to tame]], cognate with [[sa|दमयति|tr=damáyati|t=tames]], [[grc|δάμνημι|tr=dámnēmi|t=to tame]] and [[got|𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=gatamjan|t=to tame]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Plautus as its first author,^(Köbler 2010) who has it of horses not broken in, “untamed and fierce”, in the ''Menaechmi''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first of animals not broken in, as Varro's unbroken oxen, and of persons wild or untameable, as Caecilius' “barbarian with untamed ways”, Horace uses it of the waves.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also unconquered or unconquerable, as Ovid's “unconquered right hand”, and undaunted, as Virgil's farmers.^(OLD 2012) Of persons, passions and natural forces it is unrestrained or violent, as Plautus' “unless you are foolish and unruly”, Cicero's “ungoverned desires” and Catullus' whirlwind.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of untamed horses and of an unruly woman.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius of wild ways.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of ungoverned desires.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of undaunted farmers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # (of animals) Not broken in, [[m|en|untamed]], (of persons) wild, fierce.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Unconquered, unconquerable; undaunted, [[m|en|indomitable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Unrestrained, ungovernable, violent.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[domō]]

+ * [[indomābilis]]

+ * [[ferus]]

+ * [[en|indomitable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}