inornatus Latin · revision 34613

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪ.noːrˈnaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [i.norˈnaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inōrnātus''' (feminine inōrnāta, neuter inōrnātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|ōrnātus#1|t1=not|t2=adorned]],^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) the participle of [[m|la|ōrnō|t=to adorn]] with the negative prefix.^(OLD 2012) De Vaan takes [[m|la|ōrnō]] to be the original verb made from [[m|la|ōrdō|t=row, order]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', Cicero's rhetorical works and Horace on;^(TLL) in the ''Orator'' Cicero says that some women are thought to look well without adornment, ''inornatae'', since that very thing suits them.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero also uses it of plain style, calling Lysias ''tenuis atque inornatus'',^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Quintilian also uses it of style.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Horace uses it of plain, ordinary words,^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tibullus and Ovid of dishevelled hair,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Horace of a man left uncelebrated in verse: ''non ego te meis chartis inornatum sileri … patiar''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of unadorned women and a plain style.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 55–19/18 BC – Tibullus uses it of an unkempt head.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of plain words and of a man not celebrated in poetry.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of style.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|unadorned|alt=Unadorned]], plain; of language or style, [[m|en|simple]], without ornament.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Not properly arranged, [[m|en|dishevelled]] (of hair).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Not honoured, [[m|en|uncelebrated]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inōrnātē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ōrnātus#1]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis and Short give [[incomptus]] as a synonym.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}