dissimilitudo Latin · revision 34052

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [dɪs.sɪ.mɪ.lɪˈtuː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [dis.si.mi.liˈtuː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dissimilitūdō''' ''f'' (genitive dissimilitūdinis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dissimilis|-tūdō|t1=unlike]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) That adjective is [[m|la|dis-|t=not]] with [[m|la|similis|t=like]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it very often in the singular and plural.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is unlikeness, difference, both between things and as inconsistency within one person.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In rhetoric it is a contrast.^(OLD 2012) Quintilian uses it, and Varro has the plural in his books on language.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) The grammarian Priscian lists it among nouns with a long final ⟨o⟩.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it difference.^(Stelten 1995) English ''dissimilitude'' (early 15th century) is unlikeness, want of resemblance.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro.^(TLL)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * early 15th century – English ''dissimilitude''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|unlikeness|alt=Unlikeness]], [[m|en|difference]], [[m|en|dissimilitude]]; inconsistency in one person.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' [[m|en|contrast|alt=Contrast]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[similitudo|alt=similitūdō]]

+ * [[en|dissimilitude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}