anxietas Latin · revision 7964

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aːŋkˈsi.ɛ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aŋkˈsiː.e.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ānxietās''' ''f'' (genitive ānxietātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ānxius]] “anxious” with the suffix [[-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Köbler relates it to [[angor]] “anguish”.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, who distinguishes anxiety from momentary anguish.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant anxiety, worry, solicitude, a lasting disposition, as against the momentary ''angor'', as Cicero explains.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Quintilian it meant extreme care, overcarefulness.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant anxiety.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for shortage, want, and British Medieval Latin for worry and obligation.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into French ''anxiété'' and Spanish ''ansiedad'', and [[en|anxiety]] came in the 1520s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of anxiety.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of overcarefulness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1520s – English ''anxiety'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Anxiety]], worry.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Overcarefulness.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Want, shortage.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ānxius]]

+ * [[angō]]

+ * [[angor]]

+ * [[en|anxiety]]

+ * [[en|anxious]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis and Short and Gaffiot, after Cicero, distinguish it as a lasting disposition from [[angor]], a passing anguish.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}