ignominiosus Latin · revision 33276

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪŋ.noː.mɪ.niˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iɲ.ɲo.mi.niˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ignōminiōsus''' (feminine ignōminiōsa, neuter ignōminiōsum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ignōminia|-ōsus|t1=disgrace]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) [[m|la|ignōminia]] is formed from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[m|la|nōmen|t=name]], a loss of one's good name.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who says that one must bear a domination not only cruel and proud but also shameful and disgraceful.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short find it infrequent before the Augustan age.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of people it means suffering a public disgrace, branded with ignominy: Quintilian pairs “you were an exile” with “or disgraced”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy has a column of men covered in disgrace, and soldiers sent to an ignominious service that was almost exile.^(OLD 2012) Of things it is shameful or discreditable.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin has it as disgraceful, ignominious, shameful.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|ignominious]] (early 15th century) came from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a shameful domination.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of a disgraced column and an ignominious service.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian, of a disgraced man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|ignominious]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Disgraced, branded with public [[m|en|ignominy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|shameful|alt=Shameful]], [[m|en|disgraceful]], [[m|en|ignominious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ignōminia]]

+ * [[nōmen]]

+ * [[en|ignominious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}