anxius Latin · revision 8206

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la angō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈaːŋk.si.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈaŋk.si.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ānxius''' (feminine ānxia, neuter ānxium, comparative magis ānxius, superlative maximē ānxius); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[angō]] “to squeeze, distress”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan finds its formation unclear, and asks whether it was made from the old s-stem seen in [[angor]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of anxiety.^(OLD 2012) De Vaan and Köbler also give Cicero as the first author.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant worried, uneasy, as in Cicero, and of circumstances marked by anxiety, and causing anguish.^(OLD 2012) In Sallust it meant careful, painstaking.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant afflicted, dejected, uneasy, anxious.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for anxious, oppressed, hazardous.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|anxious]] in the 1620s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of care.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1620s – English ''anxious'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Worried, uneasy, [[m|en|anxious]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Full of anxiety; distressing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Careful, painstaking.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ānxietās]]

+ * [[ānxifer]]

+ * [[ānxitūdō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[angō]]

+ * [[angor]]

+ * [[en|anxious]]

+ * [[en|anxiety]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}