inquies Latin · revision 33285

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86–34 BC, Sallust|origins=ine-pro *kʷieh₁-ti-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɪŋ.kʷi.eːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈiŋ.kʷi.es]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inquiēs''' (genitive inquiētis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ As a noun it is feminine, ''inquiēs, inquiētis'', “restlessness”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Apuleius has the ablative ''inquiētī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|quiēs|t1=not|t2=rest]];^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) for the adjective the OLD compares [[m|la|inquiētus|t=restless]].^(OLD 2012) De Vaan traces [[m|la|quiēs]] to [[itc-pro|*kʷiē-ti-]] and [[ine-pro|*kʷieh₁-ti-|t=rest, peace]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates the adjective from Sallust,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Histories'' describe someone as restless, trying now this, now that: ''inquies, haec atque illa temptans''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adjective describes a restless, unsettled or impatient character:^(OLD 2012) Sallust speaks of a restless and untamed disposition, Velleius of a restless and rash man, and Tacitus of persons restless in mind.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Tacitus also uses it of circumstances full of tumult, a night restless in different quarters.^(OLD 2012) The noun, “restlessness”, is rarer: Pliny the Elder has a restlessness at night, Gellius the restlessness of sleepless nights, and Tertullian the restlessness of a child in the womb.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust, of a restless character.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius Paterculus, of a restless and rash man.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder has the noun, of restlessness at night.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of a night full of unrest.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of persons: [[m|en|restless]] in character, unsettled, [[m|en|impatient]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of circumstances: full of [[m|en|tumult]] or unrest.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|restlessness|alt=Restlessness]], unquietness, [[m|en|agitation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quiēs]]

+ * [[inquiētus]]

+ * [[requiēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}