dividuus Latin · revision 9260

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la dīvidō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [diːˈwɪ.du.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈviː.du.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīviduus''' (feminine dīvidua, neuter dīviduum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dīvidō]] “to divide” with the suffix [[-uus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, “divisible”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant divided or divisible, as in Plautus and in Cicero's “every animal must be dissoluble and divisible”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Ovid it meant forked, of parted hair, and separated; in Seneca shared out, and in Pliny the Elder distinct from.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for divisible and divisive.^(DMLBS) Its negative ''indīviduus'' “indivisible” gave Medieval Latin ''indīviduālis'' and [[en|individual]] in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of divisible things.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of parted hair.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Divided, [[m|en|divisible]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Forked; parted.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Shared out.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Separate, distinct.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dīviduitās]]

+ * [[indīviduus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dīvidō]]

+ * [[en|individual]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}