irreverentia Latin · revision 36574

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=98–115 AD, Tacitus|origins=la vereor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪr.rɛ.wɛˈrɛn.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ir.re.veˈrɛn.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''irreverentia''' ''f'' (genitive irreverentiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ The spelling ''inreverentia'' is also found.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|irreverēns|-ia|t1=disrespectful]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL analyses it instead as [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|reverentia|t=respect]].^(TLL) Both go back to [[m|la|revereor|t=to stand in awe of]], a compound of [[m|la|vereor|t=to be wary of, fear]], which continues [[itc-pro|*wer-ē-|t=to be wary]] and [[ine-pro|*u(e)r-eh₁-|t=to note, sense]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Tacitus and Pliny the Younger on.^(TLL) In the ''Histories'' Tacitus writes of the victors' disregard for right and wrong alike.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Tacitus also uses it of the insolence of the young and of a disrespect that had grown strong with freedom.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Pliny the Younger speaks of the neglect of studies, ''irreverentia studiōrum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) The Vulgate has it several times in Sirach, of irreverent speech.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ It stayed in Christian and medieval Latin for irreverence, especially towards God, the Church and its orders;^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS) it is the source of Italian [[m|it|irriverenza]].^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of disregard for right and wrong.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it in Sirach.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Lack of due [[m|en|respect]], [[m|en|irreverence]], [[m|en|disrespect]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|neglect|alt=Neglect]], disregard (of a pursuit).^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Vulgate)'' [[m|en|profanity|alt=Profanity]], irreverent talk.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[irreverēns]]

+ * [[reverentia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}