incolumitas Latin · revision 31686

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=ine-pro *kelh₂-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''incolumitās''' ''f'' (genitive incolumitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[incolumis|t=unharmed, safe]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives ⟨incolumis⟩ from [[itc-pro|*n̥kalami-|alt=*n-kalami-|t=safe]], from [[ine-pro|*n̥-kl̥h₂emi-|alt=*n-klh2emi-|t=not beaten, undamaged]], the negative of the adjective seen in [[calamitās|t=damage, disaster]], from the root [[ine-pro|*kelh₂-]] of [[m|la|-cellō]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'';^(Köbler 2010) Cicero defines it in his ''De inventione'' as the safe and complete preservation of well-being.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means freedom from injury, safety, soundness, of persons and of states and cities, as in Cicero's “by which states keep their safety and freedom” and his concern for the safety of a kingdom.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary gives also “good condition”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “safety, good condition, soundness”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the safety of states.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|safety|alt=Safety]], freedom from harm; [[m|en|soundness]], good condition.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[incolumis]]

+ * [[calamitās]]

+ * [[en|incolumity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}