canorus Latin · revision 9937

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *keh₂n-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kaˈnoː.rʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kaˈnɔː.rus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''canōrus''' (feminine canōra, neuter canōrum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|canor|-us|t1=song, melody]], from [[canō]] “to sing”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨canō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*kan-e-]], [[ine-pro|*kh₂n-e-|t=to sing]], cognate with Umbrian ⟨kanetu⟩ and [[sga|canaid|alt=cainid|t=sings]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, of a ringing voice.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant resonant, sonorous; of birds and other creatures songful, vocal, as in Cicero; of the speaking voice resonant, ringing, as in Plautus and Cicero's ''vōx canōra''; and of poetry tuneful, melodious, as in Horace.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means melodious, harmonious.^(Stelten 1995) It survives as Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ''canoro'', and English ''canorous'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a voice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero has ''vōx canōra''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of poetry.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|resonant|alt=Resonant]], sonorous.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Songful, vocal (of birds).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Ringing, loud (of a voice).^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|melodious|alt=Melodious]], tuneful.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[canor]]

+ * [[canō]]

+ * [[cantus]]

+ * [[en|canorous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}