concentus Latin · revision 32759

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *kh₂n-e-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔŋˈkɛn.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛn.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''concentus''' ''m'' (genitive concentūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|concinō|-tus|t1=to sing together]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|canō|t=to sing]] to [[itc-pro|*kan-e(je)-]] and [[ine-pro|*kh₂n-e-|t=to sing]].^(de Vaan 2008) The TLL thinks Cicero probably coined the noun, pairing it with ⟨cōnsēnsus⟩ to render [[grc|συμπάθεια|tr=sumpátheia]];^(TLL) Vitruvius equates it with [[m|grc|συμφωνία|tr=sumphōnía]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of the singing of birds.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a singing or playing together, a song or tune, and by metonymy a choir: Cicero says that not only bands and choirs but single singers out of tune are hissed off.^(OLD 2012) It is a harmonious combination of sounds, and ⟨concentum servāre⟩ is to keep in tune: Cicero writes of the harmony made from very unlike voices.^(OLD 2012) Transferred, it is agreement or harmony of other things, as of the stars moving in unlike courses.^(OLD 2012) Tacitus uses it of a shout in unison, an acclamation.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it harmony, concord, agreement.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of birdsong, choirs and the harmony of the stars.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius, rendering ''sumphōnía''.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of an acclamation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A singing or playing together; a song, tune; a [[m|en|choir]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An acclamation, shouting in unison.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|harmony|alt=Harmony]], concord of sounds.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Agreement, [[m|en|concord]], unanimity.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[concentiō]]

+ * [[concentor]]

+ * [[concinō]]

+ * [[cano|alt=canō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}