emphasis Latin · revision 7638

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Quintilian|origins=grc ἐμφαίνω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɛm.pʰa.sɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛm.fa.s̬is]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''emphasis''' ''f'' (genitive emphasis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἔμφασις|tr=émphasis|t=appearance; significance]], from [[m|grc|ἐμφαίνω|tr=emphaínō|t=to show, let be seen]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline) Manuscripts often write ⟨enf-⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Quintilian, whom he dates c. 35–95/96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In rhetoric it meant the use of language to imply more than is said, emphasis, rhetorical stress, as Quintilian explains.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for emphasis, stress, the implication of more than is stated, and metonymy.^(DMLBS) [[en|emphasis]] came in the 1570s, “intensity of expression”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian discusses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1570s – English ''emphasis'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' Implying more than is said; [[m|en|emphasis]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|Metonymy]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|emphasis]]

+ * [[en|emphatic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}