verecundus Latin · revision 32316

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *u(e)r-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɛ.reːˈkʊn.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ve.reˈkun.dus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''verēcundus''' (feminine verēcunda, neuter verēcundum, comparative verēcundior); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vereor|-cundus|t1=to revere, fear]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|vereor]] to [[itc-pro|*wer-ē-|t=to be wary]] and [[ine-pro|*u(e)r-eh₁-|t=to note, sense]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[ang|wær|t=careful, attentive]] and [[non|varr|t=careful]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) whose ''Asinaria'' says that a young man should be modest.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It describes people restrained by scruples, modest or shy, and sensitive to shame, with a sense of honour, as Cicero writes that “we”, following duty rather than hope, had more self-respect than those who never left home.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of conduct it means seemly or becoming, and Quintilian uses it of what is shameful to say.^(OLD 2012) Of speech it means restrained or modest, as Cicero's orator restrained and sparing in metaphors.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary adds the sense worthy of reverence.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a modest young man.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a sense of honour and of restrained style.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of what is shameful to say.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|modest|alt=Modest]], [[m|en|bashful]], shy; sensitive to shame, having a sense of honour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of conduct, seemly, becoming; arousing shame.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of speech, restrained; of persons, moderate in something.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Worthy of reverence, [[m|en|venerable]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[verēcundia]]

+ * [[verēcunditer]]

+ * [[verēcundor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[verendus]]

+ * [[verenter]]

+ * [[vereor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}