inclinatus Latin · revision 33809

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *ḱl-n(e)-i-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inclīnātus''' (feminine inclīnāta, neuter inclīnātum); comparative inclīnātior; first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle [[der|la|inclīnō|t=to cause to lean, bend]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) [[m|la|inclīnō]] is a compound of [[m|la|in-]] and ⟨-clīnō⟩, which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*kl(e)in-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*ḱl-n(e)-i-|t=to lean to, bend]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler finds it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) whose verse translation of Aratus has the Ram turned more towards the south wind.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Literally it is sloping, bent forward or stooping, as Vitruvius' carvings and Calpurnius' old age leaning on a stick.^(OLD 2012) Livy often uses it of minds or people favourably disposed, ready to believe or inclined to peace or war,^(OLD 2012) and Curtius and Seneca of a natural tendency, to crime or to mildness;^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder has colours shading into gold or yellow.^(OLD 2012) Of the voice it is low and deep, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', Cicero's ''Orator'' and Quintilian.^(OLD 2012) In grammar the TLL notes a use formed to render [[m|grc|ἐγκλιτικός|tr=enklitikós]], for enclitic words in Priscian.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of a constellation turned southward and of a deep voice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of minds inclined to belief.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 6th century AD – Priscian, of enclitic words.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Inclined, [[m|en|sloping]]; bent forward, stooping.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Turned, facing in a given direction.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Favourably disposed, [[m|en|inclined]] (to a party or policy).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Having a natural tendency (towards); of colours, shading off into.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of the voice, low in pitch, deep.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(grammar)'' [[m|en|enclitic|alt=Enclitic]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[inclīnō]]

+ * [[inclīnātiō]]

+ * [[dēclīnō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A rare fourth-declension noun ''inclīnātus'', -''ūs'', in Gellius, is the grammatical inflection or formation of a word.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}