criminor Latin · revision 31845

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkriː.mɪ.nɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkriː.mi.nor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''crīminor''' (present infinitive crīminārī, perfect active crīminātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Ennius and Plautus have an active ''crīminō''.^(OLD 2012)

+ Hyginus uses the perfect participle in a passive sense.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a denominative verb [[der|la|crīmen|t=accusation, charge]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|crīmen]] from the verb [[m|la|cernō|t=to sift, separate, decide]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*krin-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*krey-|t=to sift, separate]]; the OLD calls this derivation doubtful.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary compares [[grc|κρῖμα|tr=krîma|t=judgement]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has “has he accused me?”^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to bring charges against a person, often falsely or maliciously, as in Terence's “I was afraid she would accuse me to you”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) With a thing as object it is to complain of a fault, as in Cicero's speeches in which an opponent invidiously denounced his power, and to allege something as a charge.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes the verbs of accusing: [[arguō|alt=arguere]] is the most general, [[accūsō|alt=accūsāre]] is to prosecute in a criminal court, and ''crīminārī'' is an accusation made with hostile intent, in a slanderous spirit.^(Döderlein 1874) The grammarian Priscian lists it among the verbs that early writers used with an active ending for the passive or the reverse.^(TLL)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “accuse”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of accusing someone.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of accusing someone to another.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of denouncing a man's power.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|accuse]], [[m|en|denounce]], often falsely; to [[m|en|slander]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To complain of a fault; to allege as a charge.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[crimen|alt=crīmen]]

+ * [[cerno|alt=cernō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}