harmonia Latin · revision 9356

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Lucretius|origins=grc ἁρμονία}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''harmonia''' ''f'' (genitive harmoniae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Lucretius has the archaic genitive ''harmoniāī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἁρμονία|tr=harmonía|t=joining, agreement, concord of sounds]], from the root of [[m|grc|ἁρμός|tr=harmós|t=joint]], [[ine-pro|*h₂er-|t=to fit together]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucretius, of a joining.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Lucretius it was a joining, coupling, and the harmony of the parts of the body that some took for the soul; in Cicero it was a melody, the arrangement of notes in a musical scale, and a concord of sounds.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for melody, singing, and sound.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for fitting together, as of the bones of saints.^(DMLBS) [[en|harmony]] came through Old French ''harmonie'' in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of music.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A joining, coupling.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|melody]]; the order of notes in a [[m|en|scale]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|harmony|alt=Harmony]], concord of sounds or parts.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[harmoniōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[harmonicus]]

+ * [[en|harmony]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Harmonia'', daughter of Mars and Venus and wife of Cadmus, is the same word as a proper name.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}