accentus Latin · revision 9137

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Quintilian|origins=la canō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [akˈkɛn.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [atˈt͡ʃɛn.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accentus''' ''m'' (genitive accentūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from ⟨accinō⟩ “to sing to” with the suffix [[-tus]], from [[ad-]] and [[canō]] “to sing”; it was formed as a loan translation of [[grc|προσῳδία|tr=prosōidía|t=song sung to, accent]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Quintilian, who equates it with Greek ''prosōidia''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler's first source is Gellius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant accent, intonation, the pitch of a syllable, as in Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Late Latin it also meant a blast, signal, as of trumpeters in Ammianus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Aldhelm and other British Medieval Latin writers used it for accent, stress or intonation.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''acent'' it gave [[en|accent]] in the late 14th century, “particular mode of pronunciation”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|accent]], intonation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A blast, signal.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accentiuncula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accentor]]

+ * [[accinō]]

+ * [[canō]]

+ * [[en|accent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}