postea Latin · revision 17905

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɔs.te.aː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɔs.te.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ Inscriptions have ''posteac'', perhaps influenced by ''posthāc''.^(OLD 2012)

+ The TLL also records the form ''postidea''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[post]] “after” and [[m|la|ea]], the neuter plural (or ablative singular feminine) of [[is]], “after these things”, like [[anteā]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Some editions write it separately, “post ea”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''quid posteā?'', “what next?”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler cites it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Posteā'' is “afterwards, thereafter”, “hereafter, later” (Accius: ''quis vōs pāscet posteā?'', “who will feed you later?”), “next” in immediate succession, and “after that” in order of value.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin glosses it “afterward, hereafter”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''quid posteā?''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato: ''patrem prīmum, posteā patrōnum'', “first the father, after him the patron”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius: ''quis vōs pāscet posteā?''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

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

+ # Hereafter, later.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|next]], then.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Next (in rank), after that.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[posteāquam]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[posthāc]]

+ * [[post]]

+ * [[anteā]]

+ * [[intereā]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}