candor Latin · revision 32379

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=la candeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkan.dɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkan.dor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''candor''' ''m'' (genitive candōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|candeō|-or|t1=to shine, be white]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|candeō]] to [[itc-pro|*kand-ē-|t=to shine]], from a root [[ine-pro|*kn̥d-]] seen in formations such as [[m|ine-pro|*kn̥d-ro-|t=shining]]; the vowel ⟨a⟩ is unexpected, and he explains it by a rule for resolving clusters of four consonants.^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[cy|cann|t=brilliant]] and [[sa|चन्द्र|tr=candrá-|t=brilliant]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius has it first, in a tragedy, of snow: “when the whiteness was melting in the heat of the sun”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is bright light and radiance, as of the sky in Cicero and of gems in Curtius, and in Vitruvius the glow of heated metal.^(OLD 2012) It is also whiteness, as of marble in Lucretius, and the fair complexion of a person, as in Cicero's ''Pro Caelio''.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is kindness of disposition and moral purity in Ovid, and clarity of style in Quintilian, who praises Livy's narrative for it.^(OLD 2012) In Church Latin it is brightness and also frankness or openness.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of snow.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the whiteness of marble.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of kindness and purity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of the clarity of Livy's style.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English [[m|en|candor]] is borrowed in the sense of openness of mind.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Bright light, [[m|en|brightness]], radiance; the brilliance of gems; a glow of heat.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|whiteness|alt=Whiteness]]; snow.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Fairness of complexion, beauty.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Kindness; moral [[m|en|purity]]; frankness, openness.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of a writer, clearness, lucidity.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[candefaciō]]

+ * [[candēla]]

+ * [[candēlābrum]]

+ * [[candēns]]

+ * [[candeō]]

+ * [[candescō]]

+ * [[candicō]]

+ * [[candidus]]

+ * [[en|candor]]

+ * [[en|candid]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}