sinceritas Latin · revision 4258

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Phaedrus|origins=la sincērus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sɪŋˈkeː.rɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sin̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛː.ri.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sincēritās''' ''f'' (genitive sincēritātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sincerus|-tās|t1=clean, pure, whole]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Phaedrus says honesty usually leads to ruin.^(OLD 2012) Valerius Maximus speaks of a man sure of his own integrity, and Köbler dates his work to the 1st century AD.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant physical soundness or wholeness, and purity, as Pliny's clean vessels for oil or the purity of salt pans.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Valerius Maximus and Palladius use it of soundness of body and head.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Lewis & Short note it is not found before the Augustan age.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it meant straightforwardness, integrity and honesty, as in Seneca and Gellius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Christian and medieval Latin it was ritual or spiritual purity.^(DMLBS)^(Wiktionary) English ''sincerity'' is recorded in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – Phaedrus and Valerius Maximus use it of honesty.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of purity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of integrity.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''sincerity'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Soundness, wholeness; purity.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Integrity, honesty, [[m|en|sincerity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Moral or ritual purity.^(DMLBS)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sincerus|alt=sincērus]]

+ * [[en|sincerity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}