iniuste Latin · revision 32777

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂oi-u}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪnˈjuːs.teː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [inˈjus.te]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iniūstē''' (comparative iniūstius, superlative iniūstissimē)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''injūstē''.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|iniūstus|-ē|t1=unjust]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives [[m|la|iūstus]] from [[m|la|iūs|t=law]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*jowos|t=oath, law]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂oi-u|t=vital force, eternity]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first quotation is in Plautus' ''Captivi'', where a captive hopes his master will not command him unjustly or harshly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means unjustly or unfairly, and unreasonably: Cicero says of a man that he acts humanely in one thing but complains unreasonably.^(OLD 2012) It is also unlawfully or wrongfully: Cicero speaks of a man who has harmed no one wrongfully.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of an unjust master.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, unreasonably and wrongfully.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|unjustly|alt=Unjustly]], unfairly; unreasonably.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|unlawfully|alt=Unlawfully]], wrongfully.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iniustus|alt=iniūstus]]

+ * [[iustus|alt=iūstus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}