inquinatus Latin · revision 33698

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inquinātus''' (feminine ''inquināta'', neuter ''inquinātum''; comparative ''inquinātior'', superlative ''inquinātissimus''); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|inquinō|t=to defile, pollute]], its participle used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero has it first,^(Köbler 2010) as in the ''Verrines'', of most filthy talk and shameful flatteries.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is mostly moral, stained with guilt or impure: Cicero asks who was more defiled in pleasures, calls a method of gain most sordid and defiled, and says nothing was fouler than a certain man,^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Catullus has a father with a dirtier right hand, and Valerius Maximus a most impure life.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Seneca uses the feminine plural for prostitutes, and Valerius Maximus speaks of the defiled voice of a eunuch.^(OLD 2012) Of diction it is debased or corrupt, a fault Cicero lists in words.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) In its plain sense it is dirty or discoloured, as Papirius Fabianus' darker, dirtier salt.^(OLD 2012) Augustine has a most impure desire.^(Georges 1913) Church Latin has “defiled, polluted”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of filthy talk and debased diction.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus, of a dirty hand.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca, of prostitutes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine, of impure desire.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|dirty|alt=Dirty]], discoloured.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of diction, [[m|en|debased]], corrupt.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Stained with guilt, morally [[m|en|impure]], [[m|en|defiled]], foul.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[inquinō]]

+ * [[inquināmentum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}