iunctus Latin · revision 34600

+ {{homograph|1|joined, connected}}

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iūnctus''' (feminine iūncta, neuter iūnctum, comparative iūnctior, superlative iūnctissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The adjective is [[der|la|iungō|t=to join, yoke]], its perfect passive participle.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan traces [[m|la|iungō]] to [[itc-pro|*jung-e/o-]] and a nasal present [[ine-pro|*(H)iunégti|t=to yoke]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero has it first as an adjective, in the ''De inventione'', of a case in law that is compound rather than simple.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero also uses it of a cause closely linked with its effect and of combined ends.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Livy and Ovid use it of places next to each other;^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Ovid and later writers also use it of people closely connected by friendship or kinship, often in the superlative.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Pliny the Younger uses it of horses driven as a pair.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Gellius reports Nigidius calling ''avārus'' not a simple but a compound word.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a compound case and of closely linked things.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of mountains touching the sky.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses the superlative of a close companion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of a compound word.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|adjoining|alt=Adjoining]], [[m|en|contiguous]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(of people)'' Closely connected by friendship or [[m|en|kinship]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(of things)'' Closely associated or related.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(of horses)'' Driven as a [[m|en|pair]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # Made of several parts, complex;^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) ''(of words)'' [[m|en|compound]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ {{homograph|2|joining}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la iungō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iūnctus''' ''m'' (genitive iūnctūs); fourth declension^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The noun is [[af|la|iungō|-tus|t1=to join]], an action noun.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Varro has it in his work on the Latin language, deriving names from the joining of things: he says ''iugum'' and ''iūmentum'' come ''ab iūnctū''.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis and Short call it ante-classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apart from Varro, the TLL cites it from Martianus Capella and a book of synonyms attributed to Cicero.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it for the joining of things.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The action of [[m|en|join|alt=joining]], a [[m|en|union]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iungō]]

+ * [[iūnctūra]]

+ * [[iūnctiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}