rhythmus Latin · revision 7601

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Varro|origins=grc ῥυθμός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈrʰytʰ.mʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrit.mus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rhythmus''' ''m'' (genitive rhythmī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ῥυθμός|tr=rhuthmós|t=measured motion, rhythm]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Köbler compares [[ine-pro|*srew-|t=to flow]].^(Köbler 2010) It is also spelled ⟨rythmus⟩ and ⟨rhythmos⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Varro, whom he dates 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a sequence of sounds forming a pattern, rhythm, regular movement, cadence, as in Varro, and specially prose rhythm as opposed to metre, as in Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant rhythm.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a poem, rhythmical verse.^(Niermeyer 1976) It was borrowed as Italian ''ritmo'' and French ''rythme'', and through Old French ''rime'' it gave Middle English ''rime'' “measure, rhyme”, respelled [[en|rhyme]] and [[en|rhythm]] in the 16th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of rhythm.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of prose rhythm.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – Middle English ''rime'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Rhythm]]; prose rhythm.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A rhythmical poem.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|rhythm]]

+ * [[en|rhyme]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}