necopinans Latin · revision 36609

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=la nec, la opīnor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [nɛ.kɔˈpiː.nãːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ne.koˈpiː.nans]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''necopīnāns''' (genitive necopīnantis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also written separately, ''nec opīnāns'' or ''neque opīnāns'';^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Georges thinks the separate spelling more correct.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nec|opīnāns|t1=not|t2=supposing]], the present participle of [[m|la|opīnor|t=to suppose, think]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) De Vaan finds no sure etymology for that verb: the Praenestine spelling ⟨opeinor⟩ in an inscription of the third century shows an old diphthong, which makes an Indo-European origin less likely, and the traditional link with [[m|la|optō|t=to choose]] is weak in meaning.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Terence is its first author: in the ''Andria'' a line runs ''nōs sīc necopīnantīs dūcī falsō gaudiō'', “that we, not suspecting, should be led on so by false joy”.^(TLL)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis and Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucilius has an attack on someone unaware, and Lucretius death coming upon a man who does not expect it.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero writes that he freed Ariobarzanes when he did not expect it, and uses it in his speeches of slaves attacked unawares and of a troop got together without Faustus knowing.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) The ''Bellum Africum'' has Moorish cavalry falling suddenly on Caesar's men, and Seneca busy men who fall into old age unawares.^(TLL) Jerome uses it of a letter that reached him unexpectedly.^(TLL) Glossaries give an adverb ''necopīnanter'', rendered [[grc|ἀπροσδοκήτως|tr=aprosdokḗtōs]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of people led on by false joy.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of someone attacked unawares.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of Ariobarzanes freed unexpectedly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of men falling into old age unawares.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 383–419/420 AD – Jerome uses it of a letter arriving unexpectedly.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Not expecting, [[m|en|unsuspecting]], [[m|en|unaware]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[opīnor]]

+ * [[nec]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}