indigne Latin · revision 32790

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *deḱ-no-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''indignē''' (comparative indignius, superlative indignissimē); adverb^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|indignus|-ē|t1=unworthy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan lists [[m|la|dignus|t=worthy]] under [[m|la|decet|t=it is fitting]] and traces it to [[itc-pro|*dek-no-|t=worthy]] and [[ine-pro|*deḱ-no-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first quotation in the OLD is in a tragedy of Naevius, whose speaker is driven out of his country undeservedly, though innocent.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means contrary to one's deserts, undeservedly, and in an unworthy manner, shamefully or outrageously: in Plautus a man is madly in love with a courtesan, a shameful thing.^(OLD 2012) With ⟨ferre⟩ or ⟨patī⟩ it is to take something ill, resent it, as in an epitaph whose subject's bitter fate the people resented.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Terence.^(Köbler 2010) Medieval Latin used it for without reason, unduly, wrongfully.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, shamefully.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Contrary to one's deserts, [[m|en|undeservedly]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # In an unworthy manner, unbecomingly, [[m|en|shamefully]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''indignē ferre'', ''indignē patī'', to take ill, [[m|en|resent]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Without reason, unduly, wrongfully.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[indignus]]

+ * [[dignus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}