supervacuus Latin · revision 10070

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Horace|origins=la super, la vacuus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sʊ.pɛrˈwa.ku.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [su.perˈvaː.ku.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''supervacuus''' (feminine supervacua, neuter supervacuum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[m|la|super-]] and [[vacuus]] “empty”, or from [[vacō]] “to be empty” with [[m|la|-uus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Horace, and the OLD's earliest citations include Vitruvius and Horace.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Horace 65–8 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant beyond what is needed, superfluous, redundant, as in Vitruvius, and serving no useful purpose, needless, as in Horace and Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is not found before Augustus, while [[supervacāneus]] is the classical word, and Varro censured its use.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for worthless, contemptible.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''supervacuous'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|superfluous|alt=Superfluous]], [[m|en|redundant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|needless|alt=Needless]], useless.^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vacuus]]

+ * [[vacō]]

+ * [[supervacāneus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}