inglorius Latin · revision 32941

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪŋˈɡɫoː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iŋˈɡlɔː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inglōrius''' (feminine inglōria, neuter inglōrium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[m|la|glōria|t=glory]] with the adjective ending ⟨-us⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Wiktionary analyses it as ⟨in-⟩ with a ⟨glōrius⟩.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who says that those who are honoured seem happy and those without fame wretched.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means without renown, obscure, undistinguished: Virgil has one dragging its broad belly without glory, and Tacitus an inglorious command.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) The TLL records a by-form ''inglōriōsus''.^(TLL) Isidore of Seville explains it as without glory, that is without triumphs.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the unrenowned.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of an inglorious command.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore of Seville explains it as without triumphs.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Without renown, [[m|en|inglorious]], [[m|en|obscure]], undistinguished.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gloria|alt=glōria]]

+ * [[en|inglorious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}