sanctimonia Latin · revision 9224

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [saːŋk.tɪˈmoː.ni.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [saŋk.tiˈmɔː.ni.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sānctimōnia''' ''f'' (genitive sānctimōniae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sānctus]] “holy” with the suffix [[-mōnia]], like ⟨ācrimōnia⟩ and ⟨parsimōnia⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant holiness, sanctity, as of the gods in Cicero, and virtue, probity, innocence, as in Cicero's speech for Quinctius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Gellius it meant the inviolability of an oath.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short add moral purity and chastity.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for holiness, and as a form of address.^(DMLBS) Through French ''sanctimonie'' it gave [[en|sanctimony]] in the 1530s, first “piety, sanctity”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of an oath.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1530s – English ''sanctimony'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Holiness, [[m|en|sanctity]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Virtue, probity; chastity.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Inviolability (of an oath).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sanctimonialis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sānctus]]

+ * [[sanciō]]

+ * [[en|sanctimony]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}