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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la crēber}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''crēbrō''' (comparative crēbrius, superlative crēbrissimē)^(Wiktionary)
+ Comparative ''crēbrius'', superlative ''crēberrimē''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is an adverb from [[crēber]] “close, frequent”, with [[m|la|-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant in many places, thickly, densely, as in Plautus and Varro, and more often frequently, repeatedly, as in Cicero's ''mittere litterās crēbrō'' “to write very often”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of frequent letters.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # Thickly, densely.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # [[m|en|frequently|alt=Frequently]], repeatedly, [[m|en|often]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[crēber]]
+ * [[crēbrēscō]]
+ * [[crēbritās]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Lewis & Short treat it under ''crēber''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}