dehonesto Latin · revision 34381

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=59 BC–AD 17, Livy|origins=la honestus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [de.(ɦ)ɔˈnɛs.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [de.oˈnɛs.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dehonestō''' (present infinitive dehonestāre, perfect active dehonestāvī, supine dehonestātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|honestō|t2=to honour]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL derives it from [[m|la|dē]] and [[m|la|honestus|t=honourable]], comparing the simple verb.^(TLL) De Vaan explains the adjective as formed on the stem of [[m|la|honōs|t=honour]], for which no further etymology is known.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It first appears in Livy (59 BC–AD 17), of a reputation stained and disgraced (''famam maculari dehonestarique'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ L&S find it once in Livy and otherwise only after Augustus; the TLL notes that it is missing in the poets apart from Prudentius, who scans the first syllable long.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Tacitus has a man dishonouring his great-grandfather by infamous conduct, and Thrasea's writings disgracing his own fame;^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Justin uses it of being disgraced by a battle with so vile a people, and the Historia Augusta of dishonouring the Roman empire.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Fronto uses the passive with ''in'' and the ablative.^(Georges 1913) The TLL gives Spanish [[m|es|denostar]] as its descendant.^(TLL) The nouns [[dehonestāmentum]] and [[dehonestātiō]] are formed from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–AD 17 – Livy uses it of a reputation disgraced.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * AD 98–115 – Tacitus uses it of dishonouring an ancestor.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 348/49–c. 413 AD – Prudentius uses it, with a long first syllable.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|dishonour]], [[m|en|disgrace]], [[m|en|discredit]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dehonestāmentum]]

+ * [[dehonestātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}