flexanimus Latin · revision 9684

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Pacuvius|origins=la flectō, la animus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [fɫɛkˈsa.nɪ.mʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [fleɡˈzaː.ni.mus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''flexanimus''' (feminine flexanima, neuter flexanimum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[flexus]], the participle of [[flectō]] “to bend”, and [[animus]] “mind, spirit”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Pacuvius, quoted by Cicero, ''Ō flexanima atque omnium rēgīna rērum ōrātiō'' “O speech, swayer of minds and queen of all things”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Pacuvius 220–130 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A poetic word, it meant actively that bends or sways the mind, persuasive, moving, as in Pacuvius and Catullus, and passively having a disordered mind, distracted, as in Pacuvius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In British Medieval Latin it meant persuasive, affecting.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # That sways the mind, [[m|en|persuasive]], moving.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Distracted, [[m|en|deranged]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[flectō]]

+ * [[animus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}