conflictus Latin · revision 4428

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la flīgō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈfliːk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koɱˈflik.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnflīctus''' ''m'' (genitive cōnflīctūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|cōnflīgō|-tus|t1=to strike together]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) from [[m|la|con-]] and [[m|la|flīgō|t=to strike]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero, in the Pro Caecina, speaks not only of the shock of shields and the clash of bodies.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a striking together, a collision, used mostly in the ablative: Cicero says fire is struck from the friction of stones and speaks of the collision of clouds.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Gellius uses it figuratively of an impact of misfortune.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the Historia Augusta it is a fight.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In medieval Latin it was a battle, an argument, a judicial combat and a defeat, and in British sources also a tournament.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) [[en|conflict]] is recorded in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of colliding stones and clouds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of an impact.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A striking together, [[m|en|collision]], clash.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An impact.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A fight, contest.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A battle; an argument; a judicial combat; a [[m|en|tournament]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[confligo|alt=cōnflīgō]]

+ * [[en|conflict]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}