lenocinor Latin · revision 34564

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɫeːˈnoː.kɪ.nɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [leˈnɔː.t͡ʃi.nor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lēnōcinor''' (present infinitive lēnōcinārī, perfect active lēnōcinātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lēnō|-cinor|t1=pimp, procurer]], as the OLD analyses it;^(OLD 2012) the TLL and Lewis and Short also derive it from that noun.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary takes ⟨-cinor⟩ for a combining form of [[m|la|canō|t=to sing]].^(Wiktionary) It stands beside [[m|la|lēnōcinium|t=pandering; allurement]], recorded from Plautus on.^(de Vaan 2008) For the noun itself de Vaan weighs several explanations, among them an old n-stem meaning “one who lets”, perhaps the same as in [[m|la|lēnis|t=calm]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero has it first:^(Köbler 2010) ''tibi serviet, tibi lēnōcinābitur'', “he will be your slave, he will pander to you”, and will argue less hard than he can.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis and Short take the literal sense to be “to pander”, whence to flatter or wheedle.^(Lewis & Short 1879) With the dative of a thing it means to serve or promote: the elder Seneca has someone pandering to the speaker's glory, and Pliny the Elder uses it of courting a legacy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) After Augustus it comes to mean to set off or enhance: in Pliny the Younger novelty will recommend a book, Quintilian has slave dealers enhancing boys' beauty, and Tacitus says the Harii add art and timing to their native ferocity.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ The grammarian Charisius lists it among the deponents, while glossaries also have an active form ⟨lēnōcinō⟩ and explain it as “persuading” or “seducing”.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of pandering to a defendant.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of courting a legacy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of enhancing beauty.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of adding to ferocity.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To act as a [[m|en|pander]] for, serve the interests of (someone); to [[m|en|flatter]], [[m|en|wheedle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of things, to promote, set off, [[m|en|enhance]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lēnōcināmentum]]

+ * [[lenocinator]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lēnō]]

+ * [[lēnōcinium]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis and Short give [[blandior]] and [[adūlor]] as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}