supplex Latin · revision 10069

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsʊp.pɫɛks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsup.pleks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''supplex''' (genitive supplicis, adverb suppliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ The ablative is ''supplicī'', or ''supplice'' especially as a noun and in verse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Also spelled ''subplex''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD derives it probably from ⟨*sub-placos⟩, related to [[plācō]] “to appease” and [[placeō]], with the sense “bringing peace offerings”; compare [[supplicō]].^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary derives it from ⟨supplicō⟩, and Gaffiot glosses it as “bending the knees”.^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, “suppliant”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant humbly entreating, suppliant, kneeling in prayer, as in Plautus and Cicero, and of things expressing supplication, as in Cicero; as a noun it was a suppliant.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means humble, submissive, beseeching, and as a noun a humble petitioner.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|suppliant|alt=Suppliant]], humbly begging.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Expressing supplication.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(noun)'' A suppliant, petitioner.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[supplicium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[supplicō]]

+ * [[plācō]]

+ * [[en|supplicate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}