locuples Latin · revision 10145

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la locus, la pleō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɫɔ.kʊ.pɫeːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈlɔː.ku.ples]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''locuplēs''' (genitive locuplētis, comparative locuplētior, superlative locuplētissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ The second syllable is usually short, but long in Martial.^(OLD 2012)

+ Genitive plural ''locuplētium'' and ''locuplētum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is traditionally analysed as from [[locus]] “place” and the root ⟨plē-⟩ of ⟨*pleō⟩ “to fill”, “rich in lands”, as Cicero and Gellius explained it.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Wiktionary reports that Nussbaum (2016) rejects the link with ⟨locus⟩ for semantic reasons.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

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

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant wealthy, rich, well-to-do, as in Plautus; rich in, well supplied with, as in Cicero; of assets ample, as in Nepos; of a guarantor solvent, able to give security, and so of a witness or source reliable, as in Livy; of orators and style rich, copious; and richly gifted in mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means rich.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for wealthy, also as a noun.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of wealth in things and of style.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a reliable guarantor.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|wealthy|alt=Wealthy]], rich.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Well supplied (with).^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|ample|alt=Ample]], considerable.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|solvent|alt=Solvent]]; [[m|en|reliable]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Copious (in style).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[locuplētō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[locus]]

+ * [[plēnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}