odiosus Latin · revision 31831

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₃ed-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔ.diˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [o.diˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''odiōsus''' (feminine odiōsa, neuter odiōsum, comparative odiōsior); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has the old spelling ''odiossus''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|odium|-ōsus|t1=hatred]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The noun [[m|la|odium]] belongs with [[m|la|ōdī|t=I hate]], going back to [[itc-pro|*odiom|t=hatred]] and [[ine-pro|*h₃ed-|t=to hate]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|ὀδύσσασθαι|tr=odússasthai|t=to be angry]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Truculentus'' has a soldier's gifts held hateful and unwelcome.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is used of what excites dislike, distasteful or offensive, and in a milder sense of what is tiresome or annoying, as in Plautus' “no guest can stay with a friend for three days on end without becoming a nuisance”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short give [[invīsus]] and [[offēnsus]] as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of hateful gifts and of a tiresome guest.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * late 14th century – Its descendant enters English as [[m|en|odious]], through Anglo-French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|hateful|alt=Hateful]], [[m|en|odious]], offensive, disagreeable.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|tiresome|alt=Tiresome]], annoying, troublesome.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perodiōsus]]

+ * [[subodiōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[odium]]

+ * [[odi|alt=ōdī]]

+ * [[en|odious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}