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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la sentiō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kõː.sɛnˈtaː.ne.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kon.senˈtaː.ne.us]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cōnsentāneus''' (feminine cōnsentānea, neuter cōnsentāneum, adverb cōnsentāneē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is probably from [[cōnsentiō]] “to agree” with the suffix [[-āneus]], like [[dissentāneus]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant fitting, appropriate, consistent with something, as in Cicero's ''cum aliquā rē cōnsentāneus'', ''cōnsentāneum est'' was “it is consistent, fitting”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant fit, suitable.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it was a noun, a follower, adherent, an accomplice.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for consistent with, as with the law.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 86/82 BC – the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Fitting, appropriate, [[m|en|consistent]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''cōnsentāneum est'' It is consistent, fitting.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A follower; an [[m|en|accomplice]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[inconsentaneus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[cōnsentiō]]
+ * [[dissentāneus]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}