accidens Latin · revision 8210

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Seneca|origins=la cadō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈak.kɪ.dẽːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈat.t͡ʃi.dens]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accidēns''' (genitive accidentis); third-declension one-termination participle^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle of [[accidō]] “to fall upon, happen”, from [[ad-]] and [[cadō]] “to fall”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Seneca, of a chance event.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Seneca 4 BC–65 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a chance happening, a contingency, as in Seneca, and in Quintilian a contingent attribute, a circumstance.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant an accident, in the philosophical sense.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian and Spanish ''accidente'' and French ''accident'', and through Old French it gave [[en|accident]] in the late 14th century, an occurrence, what comes by chance.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a chance event.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * late 14th century – English ''accident'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A chance event, contingency.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(philosophy)'' A contingent attribute, an [[m|en|accident]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accidō]]

+ * [[cadō]]

+ * [[en|accident]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}