ceterum Latin · revision 17874

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cēterum''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter singular of [[cēterus]] “the rest, the other”, used as a noun and as an adverb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan explains ⟨cēterus⟩ as the particle [[-ce]] “here” with [[itc-pro|*etero-|t=other]], from [[ine-pro|*h₁e-tero-|t=the other (of two)]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses the adverb: ''cēterum quantum lubet mē poscitōte aurum'', “for the rest, ask me for as much gold as you like”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Terence.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a noun ''cēterum'' is “the rest, what remains” (''cēterum cūrā'' “see to the rest”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) As an adverb it means “for the rest”, then “moreover, besides”, moving to another point, and in a slightly adversative sense “however that may be, but”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary also gives “certainly”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''ēlocūta sum convīvās, cēterum cūrā'', “I have told the guests, see to the rest”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Found in Terence.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust: ''cēterum vōs, patrēs cōnscrīptī, quid in aliōs statuātis, cōnsīderāte'', “but you, senators, consider what you decide against others”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # For the [[m|en|rest]], as for the rest.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|moreover]], besides, in addition.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # However that may be, but.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Certainly.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The rest, what remains.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cēterus]]

+ * [[cēterōquī]]

+ * [[sed]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}