unanimus Latin · revision 34446

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la ūnus, la animus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [uːˈna.nɪ.mʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [uˈnaː.ni.mus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ūnanimus''' (feminine ūnanima, neuter ūnanimum, adverb ūnanimiter); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus, Domitius Marsus and Apuleius have the spelling ''ūnianimus''.^(OLD 2012)

+ A third-declension form ''ūnanimis'' is found in Claudian, Ausonius and the Vulgate.^(Georges 1913)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ūnus|animus|t1=one|t2=mind, spirit]], with the adjective ending ⟨-us⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) The first part goes back to [[itc-pro|*oino-]] and [[ine-pro|*Hoi-no-|t=one]], the second to [[itc-pro|*anamo-|t=breath, spirit]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂enh₁-mo-|t=breath]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) where a character says ''ego tu sum, tu es ego, unanimi sumus'', “I am you, you are I, we are of one mind”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means of one mind, acting in accord,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Lewis and Short call it poetic.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Catullus applies it to companions, Statius to brothers and Valerius Flaccus even to the winds.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) In medieval Latin it was used of people united in opinion or purpose and of close friends, as in Bede and Alcuin, and of a decision taken by common consent, as in ''unanimi assensu''.^(DMLBS) English borrowed it as [[m|en|unanimous]] in the 17th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has ''unanimi sumus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it of companions.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it of brothers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate has the form ''ūnanimis''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st third of the 8th century – Bede uses it of people of one mind.^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1205 – A Bury St Edmunds document has ''unanimi assensu'', by common consent.^(DMLBS)

+ * 1610s – English borrows it as ''unanimous''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of one mind, acting in [[m|en|accord]], [[m|en|harmonious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of a close friend: devoted, of one heart.^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of a decision: [[m|en|unanimous]], done by common consent.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ūnanimitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ūnus]]

+ * [[animus]]

+ * [[en|unanimous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}