discors Latin · revision 31332

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdɪs.kɔrs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈdis.kors]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''discors''' (genitive discordis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Pomponius has a feminine nominative ''discordis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|dis-|t=apart]] and [[m|la|cor|t=heart]], the opposite of [[m|la|concors|t=agreeing]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives ⟨cor⟩ from [[itc-pro|*kord]] and [[ine-pro|*ḱērd|t=heart]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|καρδία|tr=kardía|t=heart]], [[lt|širdìs|t=heart]] and [[got|𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉|tr=hairto|t=heart]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Cicero as its first author,^(Köbler 2010) who has men “not at odds through rivalry or ambition” in his speech on the agrarian law.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is at variance, disagreeing or in conflict, of people, of parties and of feelings.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is also different, inconsistent or incongruous, as in Horace's phrase ''rērum concordia discors'', “the discordant harmony of things”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “discordant, disagreeing, opposed”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of men not at odds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace: ''rērum concordia discors''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # At [[m|en|variance]], disagreeing, [[m|en|discordant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Different, inconsistent, incongruous.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[discordia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[concors]]

+ * [[cor]]

+ * [[discordō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}