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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Seneca the Elder|origins=la vertō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪˈwɛr.sɪ.tas]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈvɛr.si.tas]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dīversitās''' ''f'' (genitive dīversitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dīversus]] “different” with the suffix [[-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The TLL says it is first found in the two Senecas, and the OLD's earliest citation is from Seneca.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant being apart, distance, as in Seneca, and in Pliny the Elder difference, diversity, variety, as in Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Pliny it meant disagreement, and in Seneca inconsistency, and in Tacitus contradiction.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis and Short call it post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Isidore uses it of the variety of garments.^(Isidore)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant diversity, disagreement.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for difference and variety.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''diversità'' and French ''diversité'', and [[en|diversity]] came in the mid-14th century, “variety”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of distance and difference.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of diversity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of contradiction.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''diversity'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Separateness, distance.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Difference, [[m|en|diversity]], variety.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Disagreement; inconsistency.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[dīversus]]
+ * [[dīvertō]]
+ * [[en|diversity]]
+ * [[en|diverse]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}