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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=itc-pro *moini-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mūnītus''' (feminine ''mūnīta'', neuter ''mūnītum'', comparative ''mūnītior'', superlative ''mūnītissimus''); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

+ Varro has the spelling ''moenītus''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[m|la|mūniō|t=to fortify]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives ⟨mūniō⟩ from [[m|la|moenia|t=city walls]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*moini-|t=protective wall]] and perhaps [[ine-pro|*(H)moi-ni-|t=construction]]; he compares [[sa|मित|tr=mitá-|t=fixed, built]] and [[sga|do·dímen|t=fixes, ties]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is Varro, who calls the citadel the best-fortified place of the city;^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler gives Lucretius.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is said of places that are well fortified or defended, as in Cicero's letters and Caesar, and of places with strong natural defences, as Cicero's “nothing is better protected against Syria than Cilicia”;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Petronius' Trimalchio lies among cushions that may be “well-padded”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Figuratively it is secure or safe, as Cicero's “what is more protected by every religious sanction than the house of each citizen?”, and of an argument, well grounded, as in Gellius.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “secure, defended, fortified”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of the citadel.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a house protected by religion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius of a well-grounded argument.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # (of places) Well [[m|en|fortified]], defended; having strong natural defences.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Well-padded.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(figurative)'' [[m|en|secure|alt=Secure]], safe;^(OLD 2012) (of an argument) well grounded.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mūniō]]

+ * [[moenia]]

+ * [[mūnītiō]]

+ * [[mūnīmentum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}