consensus Latin · revision 8201

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈsẽː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈsɛn.sus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsēnsus''' ''m'' (genitive cōnsēnsūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[cōnsentiō]] “to agree”, from [[con-]] “together” and [[sentiō]] “to feel”, with the suffix [[-tus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of agreement in opinion.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant agreement in opinion or feeling, concord, unanimity, as in Cicero, and in Caesar combined action.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it also meant the harmony of things in nature.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant agreement, concord.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for the assent of a single person.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for consent, and for privity, complicity.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian and Spanish ''consenso'', and [[en|consensus]] is recorded from 1854, first as a term of physiology.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of combined action.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1854 – English ''consensus'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Agreement, [[m|en|unanimity]], [[m|en|consensus]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Combined action.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Harmony (of things).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Consent; complicity.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnsēnsiō]]

+ * [[cōnsentāneē]]

+ * [[cōnsentāneus]]

+ * [[cōnsentiēns]]

+ * [[cōnsentiō]]

+ * [[sentiō]]

+ * [[en|consensus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ It is also the participle ''cōnsēnsus'' of [[cōnsentiō]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}