incorruptus Latin · revision 31626

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la rumpō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪŋ.kɔrˈrʊp.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iŋ.korˈrup.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''incorruptus''' (feminine incorrupta, neuter incorruptum, comparative incorruptior); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''inconrupt-''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The comparative and superlative are used from Cicero on.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from the negative prefix [[in-|t=not]] and [[corruptus|t=spoiled]], the participle of [[corrumpō|t=to spoil, corrupt]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨rumpō⟩, the base of that verb, to [[itc-pro|*rumpō|alt=*ru-n-p-|t=to break]] and [[ine-pro|*Hru-n-p-|t=to break]], cognate with [[ang|rēofan|t=to break, tear]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero;^(Köbler 2010) Lucretius writes that some believe heaven and earth will remain undamaged.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is “undamaged, unspoilt”, and also proof against decay, as Sallust's imperishable mind.^(OLD 2012) Of water and the like it is pure, uncontaminated, as Curtius' river Cydnus, and of documents genuine, not tampered with.^(OLD 2012) Morally it is “uncorrupted, pure”: Cicero says the gods should be worshipped with a pure mind and voice.^(OLD 2012) Of persons and judgements it means unbribed, impartial, as Cicero's question “what could be more upright, more incorruptible than this inquiry?”^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “incorrupted”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of heaven and earth undamaged.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of genuine letters and an impartial inquiry.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of the imperishable mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Undamaged, intact, unspoilt; [[m|en|imperishable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|pure|alt=Pure]], uncontaminated; of documents, [[m|en|genuine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Morally sound, [[m|en|uncorrupted]]; chaste.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Not bribed, [[m|en|impartial]], incorruptible.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[incorruptē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[incorruptēla]]

+ * [[incorruptibilis]]

+ * [[incorruptibilitās]]

+ * [[incorruptibiliter]]

+ * [[incorruptiō]]

+ * [[incorruptīvus]]

+ * [[incorruptōrius]]

+ * [[corrumpō]]

+ * [[rumpō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}