admurmuratio Latin · revision 36566

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ad.mʊr.mʊˈra.ti.ɔ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ad.mur.muˈrat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''admurmurātiō''' ''f'' (genitive admurmurātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|admurmurō|-tiō|t1=to murmur at]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) That verb is formed from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|murmurō|t=to murmur]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*mo/ur-mo/ur-ā-]] and [[ine-pro|*mr-mr-]], a reduplicated formation that may also be imitative.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|μορμύρω|tr=mormúrō|t=to roar and boil]] and [[lt|murmė́ti|t=to grumble, murmur]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found only in Cicero,^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) first in the speeches against Verres, where the crowd raises a noise and a pleased murmur, ''grāta contiōnis admurmurātiō''.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero uses it of a murmur of approval and of disapproval alike.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) In the speech on Pompey's command he tells the people that their murmur shows they know who did these things,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) and against Piso he praises those who broke a man's madness not by murmuring but with their voices and shouts.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) In a letter to his brother Quintus he reports speaking amid many favourable murmurs of the whole senate.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of murmurs of approval and disapproval in the assembly and the senate.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|murmur]] of comment from a crowd.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # A murmur of [[m|en|approval]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # A murmur of [[m|en|disapproval]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}