impunitas Latin · revision 31771

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''impūnitās''' ''f'' (genitive impūnitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''inpūnitās''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[impūne|t=without punishment]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨impūne⟩ is formed from [[in-|t=not]] and [[poena|t=penalty]], which is [[m|grc|ποινή|tr=poinḗ|t=penalty, blood money]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who asks in his defence of Milo who does not know that the hope of impunity is the greatest lure to wrongdoing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means freedom or exemption from punishment, impunity.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary also gives “security”.^(Wiktionary) The TLL notes that manuscripts sometimes confuse it with [[immūnitās]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the hope of impunity.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|impunity|alt=Impunity]], freedom from punishment.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|security|alt=Security]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[impūne]]

+ * [[impūnis]]

+ * [[poena]]

+ * [[en|impunity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}