inconcussus Latin · revision 32791

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=4 BC–65 AD, Seneca|origins=la quatiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪŋ.kɔŋˈkʊs.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iŋ.koŋˈkus.sus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inconcussus''' (feminine inconcussa, neuter inconcussum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|concussus|t1=not|t2=shaken]], the past participle of [[m|la|concutiō|t=to shake violently]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan lists [[m|la|concutiō]] under [[quatio|alt=quatiō]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*kwat-i-]]; he suggests, with a question mark, [[ine-pro|*(s)kuot-i-]] and thinks the root may be non-Indo-European in origin.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Seneca,^(Köbler 2010) who writes of lands that remain unshaken and of a solid, untroubled security.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is unshaken, firm or steady of physical things, unbroken or untroubled of peace, health or a household, and of people steadfast, not shaken in their resolve: Seneca says that the man who does not grow angry has stood firm, unshaken by injury.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan and cite Lucan of the stars of heaven, Pliny the Younger of a man himself unshaken and unmoved, Tacitus of peace and Statius of a household's gods.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The adverb ⟨inconcussē⟩, firmly, appears in the Theodosian Code and in Augustine.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Glosses explain it as ⟨incommōtus⟩ and ⟨imperturbātus⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of unshaken lands and of a steadfast man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 39–65 AD – Lucan of the stars.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of unbroken peace.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of things, unshaken, [[m|en|firm]], [[m|en|steady]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of peace, health or a household, unbroken, untroubled, secure.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of people, purposes or feelings, [[m|en|steadfast]], unwavering.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[concutio|alt=concutiō]]

+ * [[quatio|alt=quatiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}