vecordia Latin · revision 33589

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *ḱērd}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [weːˈkɔr.di.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [veˈkɔr.di.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vēcordia''' ''f'' (genitive vēcordiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''vaecordia''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vēcors|-ia|t1=senseless, mad]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|vēcors]] is a compound of the prefix [[m|la|vē-]] and [[m|la|cor|t=heart]],^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*kord]] and [[ine-pro|*ḱērd|t=heart]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Terence,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Andria'' asks whether such madness can be inborn in anyone: ''tanta vecordia innata cuiquam''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a disordered state of mind, derangement or frenzy,^(OLD 2012) want of reason, senselessness, folly or madness:^(Lewis & Short 1879) Sallust says madness showed in a man's face and expression, and Tacitus speaks of pursuits full of folly.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that Cicero does not use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Church Latin it is foolishness or folly.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence, of inborn madness.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust, of madness in a man's face.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of senseless pursuits.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|madness|alt=Madness]], derangement, [[m|en|frenzy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Senselessness, [[m|en|folly]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vēcors]]

+ * [[cor]]

+ * [[sōcordia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}