plenitas Latin · revision 10023

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Vitruvius|origins=la plēnus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''plēnitās''' ''f'' (genitive plēnitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|plēnus|-tās|t1=full]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Vitruvius, and Lewis & Short cite his ''nūbēs propter plēnitātem et gravitātem liquēscunt'' “clouds dissolve because of their fullness and weight”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant fullness to saturation, repletion, and abundance, as in Vitruvius, and Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ It survives as Old French ''plenté'', the source of English ''plenty'' (mid-13th century).^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-13th century – English ''plenty'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|fullness|alt=Fullness]], saturation.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|abundance|alt=Abundance]].^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plēnus]]

+ * [[plēnitūdō]]

+ * [[en|plenty]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}