informis Latin · revision 9548

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la fōrma}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ĩːˈfoːr.mɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iɱˈfɔr.mis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnfōrmis''' (neuter īnfōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] “not” and [[fōrma]] “form, beauty” with the adjective ending [[-is]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', which he dates 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant without definite shape, shapeless, unformed, as of a raw block in Livy and Pliny the Elder; ugly, unsightly, hideous, as in Virgil; and unseemly, degrading, as in Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for formless, and for not yet shaped as intended.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of ugliness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of the unshaped.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Shapeless, [[m|en|formless]], unformed.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Ugly, [[m|en|hideous]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Unseemly, degrading.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[informitas]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fōrma]]

+ * [[dēfōrmis]]

+ * [[īnfōrmō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}