inauditus Latin · revision 31261

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₂eu-is}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inaudītus''' (feminine inaudīta, neuter inaudītum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[m|la|audītus|t=heard]], the participle of [[m|la|audiō|t=to hear]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short and Wiktionary also take it as the participle of [[m|la|inaudiō|t=to hear of]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨audiō⟩ as probably a compound of [[ine-pro|*h₂eu-is|t=clearly, manifestly]] and the root [[m|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put, make]], “to make manifest”, through [[itc-pro|*awizdje/o-]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἀΐω|tr=aḯō|t=to perceive, hear]] and [[sa|आविस्|tr=āvís|t=evidently]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Cicero as its first author,^(Köbler 2010) who complains in the ''Pro Quinctio'' that he must plead first, while the prosecutors' charge is unheard.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is not listened to, unheard, especially of accused persons condemned unheard.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) More often it is unheard of, because of its novelty or excellence, unusual, strange or new, as Cicero's saying of Plato that is “not unheard of” by his hearer;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short call it a favourite word of Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Köbler finds it often in medieval texts, in Dhuoda, Thegan and Thietmar.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of an unheard charge and of what is unheard of.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 837–838 – Thegan.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Not listened to, [[m|en|unheard]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''(of the accused)'' not given a hearing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|unheard-of|alt=Unheard-of]], unusual, strange, new.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[audiō]]

+ * [[inaudiō]]

+ * [[audītus]]

+ * [[inūsitātus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}