omnipotens Latin · revision 32368

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la omnis, la potis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔmˈnɪ.pɔ.tẽːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [omˈniː.po.tens]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''omnipotēns''' (genitive omnipotentis, comparative omnipotēntior, superlative omnipotēntissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|omnis|potēns|t1=all|t2=powerful]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|potēns]] from a verb [[itc-pro|*pot-ē-|t=to be master]], built on [[ine-pro|*pót-i-|t=master, lord]], compare [[sa|पति|tr=páti-|t=lord, master]] and [[grc|πόσις|tr=pósis|t=husband]]; for [[m|la|omnis]] he discusses a verbal adjective from [[ine-pro|*h₁op-|t=to take]] or [[ine-pro|*h₃ep-|t=to work]].^(de Vaan 2008) The TLL compares [[grc|παντοκράτωρ|tr=pantokrátōr|t=almighty]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) Ennius uses it of Jupiter: “I beseech you, almighty one”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Ennius, Catullus, Virgil and Ovid it is an epithet of Jupiter, the almighty father, and it can stand alone as a noun for him.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it poetic and post-classical in prose.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Christian Latin it is the usual epithet of God, the Almighty, and it is common in medieval texts.^(Stelten 1995)^(Köbler 2010) An inscription of the early 4th century applies it to the emperor Galerius.^(TLL) English [[m|en|omnipotent]] came from it in the early 14th century, through Old French and directly.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of Jupiter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of Jupiter.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of the almighty father.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 305–311 AD – An inscription calls the emperor Galerius almighty.^(TLL)

+ * early 14th century – English [[m|en|omnipotent]] is borrowed through Old French and directly.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|almighty|alt=Almighty]], all-powerful, [[m|en|omnipotent]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The Almighty: Jupiter;^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995) ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|God]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[omnipotentia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}