quominus Latin · revision 31563

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la quō, la minus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkʷoː.mɪ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkʷɔː.mi.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quōminus''' ^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|quō|minus|t1=by which|t2=less]], the instrumental ⟨quō⟩ with ⟨minus⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives the comparative ⟨minor, minus⟩ from [[itc-pro|*minōs|t=less]], cognate with [[grc|μείων|tr=meíōn|t=smaller]] and [[got|𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃|tr=mins|t=less]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it with the parts still separate, ''quō … minus'', in the prologue of the ''Amphitruo'';^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It introduces a subjunctive clause of negative force, “so that not”, especially after verbs of preventing, delaying or hesitating, where English has “from”: Terence has ''nē … minus … quō redeat'', with the parts still apart and reversed.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In early use the parts can be separated or reversed, and it is often written separately.^(OLD 2012) Tacitus also uses it after a negative main clause.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin has it for “so as not, that not”, and after verbs of hindering “from”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, with the parts separated.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence after a verb of hesitating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus after a negative clause.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Conjunction===

+ # So that not; after verbs of preventing, hindering or hesitating, “from”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quīn]]

+ * [[minus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}