iniurius Latin · revision 9258

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Naevius|origins=la iūs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈjuː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈjuː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iniūrius''' (feminine iniūria, neuter iniūrium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD derives it from [[iniūria]] “injustice” with the suffix [[-ius]], and Wiktionary and Georges take it as [[in-]] “not” and [[iūs]] “right, law”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Naevius, whom he dates c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant harsh, unjust, unfair, of people and of actions, as in Plautus and Terence, ''iniūrium est'' meant “it is unjust”, and Cicero uses it in ''De officiis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for wrongful, unfair, damaging.^(DMLBS) Its noun ''iniūria'' “wrong, injustice” gave [[en|injury]] in the late 14th century through Anglo-French ''injurie''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of people and actions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|unjust|alt=Unjust]], unfair, harsh.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[iniūria]]

+ * [[periniūrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iūs]]

+ * [[en|injury]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}