hodiernus Latin · revision 6512

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [hɔ.diˈɛr.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [o.diˈɛr.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''hodiernus''' (feminine hodierna, neuter hodiernum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[hodiē]] “today” with the suffix -rnus, as in [[hesternus]] “of yesterday”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Cicero, of today's edict and of today's discussion.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of this day, today's, as ''hodiernus diēs'' “this day”, and as a noun “today”, as in Seneca.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Later it meant present, existing now.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin ''hodiernā diē'' meant “on this day”.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant of today, and present, of nowadays.^(DMLBS)^(Niermeyer 1976) Italian ''odierno'' and Spanish ''hodierno'' are learned borrowings.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of today's edict.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it as a noun, “today”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of this day, today's, ''hodiernus diēs'', [[m|en|today]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Present, existing now.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[diurnus]]

+ * [[hodiē]]

+ * [[hesternus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}