tot Latin · revision 17821

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *to-ti}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtɔt]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɔt]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tot''' (indeclinable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*toti|t=so many]], [[inh|ine-pro|*to-ti]], built on the demonstrative stem [[m|ine-pro|*to-|t=that]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) Cognate with [[sa|तति|tr=táti|t=so many]] and [[grc|τόσος|tr=tósos|t=so big, so much]], from ⟨*toti-o-⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) It is the correlative of [[quot]] “how many”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on:^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) ''quoi sīc tot amantī mī obviam ēveniant morae'', “that so many delays should meet me, a lover”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Tot'' is an indeclinable adjective: “that many, so many”, “such and such a number” in examples, and with ''[[quot]]'' “as many … as”.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995) It usually stresses a large number, “so many”, but occasionally a small one, “so few”.^(OLD 2012) From it come ''[[totidem]]'' “just as many” and ''[[totiēns]]'' “so often”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – First found in Plautus, with ''[[totidem]]'' and ''totiēns''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''tot cīvīs atrōcissimē sustulit'', “he most cruelly killed so many citizens”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Determiner===

+ # That many, so [[m|en|many]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''tot … quot'', as many … as.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # So large a number of.^(OLD 2012)

+ # So few.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[totidem]]

+ * [[totiēns]]

+ * [[totiugis]]

+ * [[totiugus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quot]]

+ * [[tam]]

+ * [[tantus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}