suspiciosus Latin · revision 10014

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la suspīciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sʊs.pɪ.kiˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sus.pi.t͡ʃiˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suspiciōsus''' (feminine suspiciōsa, neuter suspiciōsum, superlative suspiciōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''suspītiōsus''; superlative ''suspīciōsissimus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|suspīciō|-ōsus|t1=suspicion]], from [[suspiciō]] “to look up at; to suspect”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus, and the OLD's earliest citation is Terence.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of persons full of mistrust, ready to suspect, suspicious, as in Terence and Cicero, and of circumstances arousing mistrust, suspicious, as in the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ English ''suspicious'' (mid-14th century) is from it through Anglo-French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of mistrustful persons.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of circumstances.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''suspicious'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Mistrustful, [[m|en|suspicious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Arousing suspicion.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suspīciō]]

+ * [[suspectus]]

+ * [[en|suspicious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}