uniformis Latin · revision 7989

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Tacitus|origins=la ūnus, la fōrma}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [uː.nɪˈfoːr.mɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [u.niˈfɔr.mis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ūnifōrmis''' (neuter ūnifōrme, adverb ūniformiter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ūni-]] “one” and [[-fōrmis]] “having the form of”, from [[fōrma]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short call it post-Augustan, and their earliest example is from Tacitus' ''Dialogus'', of a simple and uniform teaching.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Tacitus 98–115 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant having only one shape or form, simple, uniform, limited to a single kind, as in Tacitus and Macrobius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant uniform, having one form, simple, and ''ūniformiter'' in one and the same manner.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for consistent, uniform, and in mathematics of a uniform addition.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian, Spanish and French ''uniforme'', and French gave [[en|uniform]] in the late 15th century, “unvarying in form”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of simple teaching.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * first half of the 5th century AD – Macrobius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 15th century – English ''uniform'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of one form; simple, [[m|en|uniform]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[uniformitas]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ūnus]]

+ * [[fōrma]]

+ * [[en|uniform]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}