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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=1219, Breve di Montieri|origins=la omnis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈoɲ.ɲi/^(Wiktionary)

+ * Regional: /ˈɔɲ.ɲi/, /ˈoɲ.ɲi/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ogni''' (invariable)^(Wiktionary)

+ Older forms are [[roa-oit|onne]], [[m|roa-oit|ogne]] and [[m|roa-oit|ogna]].^(Prati 1951|707)^(Wiktionary) Older Italian could use it in the feminine and plural.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|roa-oit|onne]], [[inh|la|omnis|t=all, every]].^(Wiktionary)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Nocentini 2010) DELI starts from a form [[m|la|omnim]] for the usual accusative [[m|la|omnem]], if a reading in a passage of the Itala is correct, as the plural ending -is was often used for -es, but calls the question complex.^(DELI 1999) According to Nocentini, the /ɲ/ of the word arose from the cluster /mn/ when the next word began with a vowel, as before [[uno]] and [[ora]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto 1968|302) The close /o/ is due to the word being mostly unstressed, while the older open vowel survives in much of Tuscany and central Italy.^(Wiktionary)

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+ In Italian the word took on the distributive sense “each”, while the collective “all” went to the descendants of [[la|tōtus]], such as [[tutto]].^(Nocentini 2010) Meyer-Lübke lists outcomes of the Latin word only in Italy and in Romansh.^(REW 1935)

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+ The origin of [[m|la|omnis]] is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*opni-]], an adjective in *-ni- from a verbal root, perhaps [[ine-pro|*h₁ep-|t=to take]] (as in [[m|la|optō]]) or [[ine-pro|*h₃ep-|t=to work]] (as in [[m|la|ops]] and [[m|la|opus]]).^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Nocentini and Devoto also link it with [[m|la|ops|t=wealth, resources]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto 1968|302)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The distributive use is recorded first, in the Breve of Montieri, a Tuscan statute of 1219.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) Before 1250 the Sicilian poets use it for “all”, Giacomo da Lentini writing ''c’ogn’omo s’avanta c’ama'' “for every man boasts that he loves”, and Rinaldo d'Aquino for “any”.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|11, 850)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The meanings have stayed the same since the 13th century.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI) Derivatives were formed by setting words side by side: ''ognissanti'' “All Saints' Day” (about 1284), ''ognora'' “always” (before 1250), ''ognuno'' “everyone” (before 1301) and ''ogniqualvolta'' “whenever” (before 1698).^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) ''Ognissanti'' continues Christian Latin ''Omnes Sancti'', but the name gave way in Italy to ''Tutti i Santi'' or simply ''i Santi''.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ Many idioms are built with the word: ''a ogni costo'' “at any cost”, ''in ogni caso'' “in any case”, ''ogni tanto'' “now and then”, ''a ogni morte di papa'' “once in a blue moon” and ''fare di ogni erba un fascio'' “to lump everything together”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1219 – The Breve of Montieri uses the word distributively.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1250 – Giacomo da Lentini uses it for “all”, Rinaldo d'Aquino for “any”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * About 1284 – ''Ogni Sancti'' “All Saints” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1301 – ''Ognuno'' is first recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1698 – Francesco Redi writes ''ogni qual volta'' “whenever”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Determiner===

+ # [[m|en|each]], [[m|en|every]]: each single member of a group, taken one by one: ''Ogni studente riceverà un attestato.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # All, any, of every kind: ''gente di ogni età''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # With numbers or periods of time, marking intervals: every: ''L'autobus passa ogni venti minuti.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ognuno]]

+ * [[ognissanti]]

+ * [[ognora]]

+ * [[ogniqualvolta]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tutto]]

+ * [[onnipotente]]

+ * [[la|omnis]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Ogni'' is invariable and always comes before a singular noun, even when it refers to many; with numbers the noun is plural (''ogni tre giorni'').^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011) It may be elided before a word beginning with ''i'' (''d'ogn’intorno'').^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}