pariter
Forms
pariter (comparative parius, superlative parissimē or parissumē, adjective pār)[1] A comparative parius and a superlative parissimē are recorded.[1]
Etymology
It is formed from Latin pār (“equal”) + -ter.[2][1] The origin of pār itself is disputed, and de Vaan finds no good etymology for it.[3]
Earliest recorded meaning
Köbler dates it from Terence,[4] but the OLD cites Plautus: sī quō hīc gradiētur, pariter prōgredīminō, “if he walks anywhere, walk alongside him”.[2]
Semantic evolution
Pariter is “together, side by side”;[2][1] “equally, as much”, and in Cato “evenly, level”;[2][1] “in the same manner, alike” (Terence: germānu's pariter animō et corpore, “you are a true brother in mind and body alike”); and “at the same time”, as in Virgil, where a spear takes voice and life pariter, both at once.[2][1]
Church Latin glosses it “at the same time, with one accord, together, similarly, equally”.[5]
Timeline
- c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: pariter prōgredīminō.[2][4]
- 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of setting something level.[2][4]
- 190–159 BC – Terence: pariter animō et corpore.[2][4]
- 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of two things at the same moment.[2][4]
Meanings
Adverb
- together, side by side.[2][1][5]
- Equally, as much; evenly.[2][1][5]
- In the same manner, alike; likewise.[2][1]
- At the same time, simultaneously.[2][5]
Related words
- pār
- paritās
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
- ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
- ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
- ^ a b c d Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson