synonymum Latin · revision 9378

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Fronto|origins=grc σύν, grc ὄνομα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [syˈnoː.ny.mũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [siˈnɔː.ni.mum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''synōnymum''' ''n'' (genitive synōnymī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|συνώνυμον|tr=sunṓnumon]], neuter of [[m|grc|συνώνυμος|tr=sunṓnumos|t=having the same name]], from [[m|grc|σύν|tr=sún|t=with]] and [[m|grc|ὄνομα|tr=ónoma|t=name]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Köbler cite Fronto, whom Köbler dates 100–170 AD.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a word with the same meaning as another, a synonym, in Fronto and the grammarians Priscian and Servius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ [[en|synonym]] (early 15th century) came through Old French ''synonyme'' and directly from Late Latin ''synōnymum''.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''sinonimo'' and Spanish ''sinónimo''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 100–170 AD – Fronto uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''synonym'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|synonym]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nōmen]]

+ * [[en|synonym]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}