postquam Latin · revision 17854

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɔs(t).kʷãː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɔst.kʷam]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''postquam''' ^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus, Titinius, Accius and Virgil have the spelling ''posquam''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a univerbation of [[post]] “after” and [[quam]] “than”, “later than”; it is also written separately.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ⟨Post⟩ goes back to [[ine-pro|*pos-ti|t=after]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Naevius on;^(Köbler 2010) his epitaph says ''postquam est Orchī trāditus thēsaurō, oblītī sunt Rōmae loquier linguā Latīnā'', “after he was handed over to the treasury of Orcus, they forgot at Rome how to speak Latin”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Postquam'' means “after, when”, usually with the perfect indicative, and “ever since” of a state that lasts from that time.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) With a causal or adversative force it means “now that, since” or “even after”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) In Church Latin it is glossed “as soon as”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius' epitaph: ''postquam est Orchī trāditus thēsaurō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''postquam dēfessī sunt stāre'', “after they were tired of standing”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''postquam illic abiit, dīcere hīc quidvīs licet'', “now that he has gone, one can say anything here”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Conjunction===

+ # [[m|en|after]], when.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Ever since.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Now that, [[m|en|since]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) even after.^(OLD 2012)

+ # As soon as.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[post]]

+ * [[quam]]

+ * [[antequam]]

+ * [[priusquam]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}