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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈtɛ.ɡrɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈtɛː.ɡri.tas]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''integritās''' ''f'' (genitive integritātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[integer]] “untouched, whole” with the suffix [[-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of soundness of body and of probity.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant soundness, wholeness of body or mind, as Cicero's ''integritās corporis'', and in Celsus freedom from fever.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Vitruvius it meant purity, also of style.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant moral uprightness, probity, integrity, and in Seneca of women chastity.^(OLD 2012) In Macrobius it meant the whole as opposed to a part.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant integrity, wholeness, soundness, purity, virginity, uprightness, health.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for the whole, entirety.^(Niermeyer 1976) It was borrowed into French ''intégrité'', and [[en|integrity]] came about 1400, “innocence, chastity”, while Old French ''entiereté'' gave [[en|entirety]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of soundness and probity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of purity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of chastity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1400 – English ''integrity'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Soundness, wholeness; freedom from fever.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Purity.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Uprightness, [[m|en|integrity]]; chastity.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The whole, [[m|en|entirety]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[integer]]
+ * [[integrē]]
+ * [[integritūdō]]
+ * [[integrō]]
+ * [[en|integrity]]
+ * [[en|entirety]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}