lenitudo Latin · revision 9758

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pacuvius|origins=ine-pro *leh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɫeː.nɪˈtuː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [le.niˈtuː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lēnitūdō''' ''f'' (genitive lēnitūdinis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lēnis|-tūdō|t1=soft, gentle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨lēnis⟩ to [[itc-pro|*lēni-]], from [[ine-pro|*leh₁-n(o/i)-|t=lazy, slow]], keeping the connection with Balto-Slavic ⟨*lēnos⟩ “lazy”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Pacuvius, quoted by Cicero, ''lēnitūdō ōrātiōnis'' “gentleness of speech”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Pacuvius 220–130 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Very rare, it meant softness, mildness, gentleness, calmness, as in Pacuvius, Cicero's ''Verrines'' and Ammianus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for excessive gentleness.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|mildness|alt=Mildness]], gentleness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lēnis]]

+ * [[lēnitās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}