inquietus Latin · revision 31816

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=65–8 BC, Horace|origins=la quiēs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inquiētus''' (feminine inquiēta, neuter inquiētum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from the negative prefix [[in-|t=not]] and [[quiētus|t=quiet, at rest]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) ⟨Quiētus⟩ belongs with [[quiēs|t=rest]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*kʷiēti-|alt=*kwiē-ti-]] and [[ine-pro|*kʷyeh₁-|alt=*kwieh1-ti-|t=rest, peace]], cognate with [[cu|почити|tr=počiti|t=to rest]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest examples are from Horace, who calls the south wind the turbulent ruler of the restless Adriatic.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Livy.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “never still, restless”, and of people finding or taking no rest;^(OLD 2012) Livy has a night followed by a restless day.^(OLD 2012) It is used of places full of unrest, and above all of restless characters: Livy says the Spaniards' minds are restless and eager for change.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short note that it is not found in Cicero or Caesar but is frequent in Livy.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Pliny the Younger it is “uneasy, worried”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “restless, unquiet”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of the restless Adriatic.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of restless days and characters.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Constantly in motion, [[m|en|restless]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Finding no rest, sleepless; allowing no rest.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Full of unrest, [[m|en|turbulent]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Restless in character, unsettled.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Worried, uneasy.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inquiētūdō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quiētus]]

+ * [[quiēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}