pertinacia Latin · revision 31734

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *ten-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛr.tɪˈnaː.ki.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [per.tiˈnaː.t͡ʃi.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pertinācia''' ''f'' (genitive pertināciae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pertināx|-ia|t1=persistent, obstinate]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) the adjective being formed from [[m|la|per-]] and [[m|la|tenāx|t=holding fast]].^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|teneō|t=to hold]] goes back to [[ine-pro|*ten-|t=to stretch]].^(de Vaan 2008) Varro derived it from [[m|la|pertendō|t=to persist]].^(Varro)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Terence.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is obstinacy, stubbornness or defiance, its more frequent sense, and also, without blame, dogged determination, as Vitruvius' king Demetrius, called Poliorcetes for his persistence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca uses it of the persistence of a condition, a long frost.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short give [[persevērantia]] and [[pervicācia]] as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “obstinacy, pertinacity, constancy, firmness”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro derives it from ''pertendo''.^(Varro)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of determination.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of a long frost.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|obstinacy|alt=Obstinacy]], [[m|en|stubbornness]], defiance.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Determination, [[m|en|perseverance]], constancy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Persistence of a condition.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pertināx]]

+ * [[tenax|alt=tenāx]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}