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properanter (comparative properantius, superlative properantissimē)[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin properāns (“hurrying”) + -ter, an adverb made from the present participle of the verb “to hurry”.[2][1][3] De Vaan lists that verb, properō (“to hurry”), and the adjective properus (“quick”) among the derivatives of parō (“to prepare”), and reports Panagl and Lindner's view that the verb is an old compound with prō-, first “to bring to the fore”, then “to incite”.[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler records it first in Lucretius,[3] and Conte cites Lucretius 5.300 for it, meaning in a hurry, hastily.[5]

Semantic evolution

The comparative properantius occurs in Sallust and Ovid, and the superlative properantissimē in the Theodosian Code.[6] Tacitus uses the positive.[6][5] In Britain Bede and Alcuin use it, and a charter of 968 from Burton says that all things hasten speedily to their end.[7]

Timeline

  • 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.[3][5]
  • 86–34 BC – Sallust uses the comparative properantius.[6][3]
  • 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it.[6][5][3]
  • first third of the 8th century – Bede uses it in his commentary on Genesis.[7][3]
  • 968 – A charter of Burton uses it.[7]

Meanings

Adverb

  1. In a hurried manner, speedily, hastily.[2][6][7]

Word family

  • praeproperanter

References

  1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c d e f Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
  5. ^ a b c d Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
  6. ^ a b c d e Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
  7. ^ a b c d Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press