namque Latin · revision 17929

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnaŋ.kʷɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnaŋ.kʷe]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''namque''' ^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also written ''nanque''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[nam]] “for” and the particle [[-que]], a strengthened ⟨nam⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan takes ⟨nam⟩ to be perhaps an old accusative singular feminine ⟨*nām⟩ of a stem [[itc-pro|*no-|t=that]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius has ''namque rēgnum suppetēbat mī'', “for I had a kingdom”.^(OLD 2012) De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who uses it in replies: ''namque ecastor Amor et melle et felle est fēcundissumus'', “yes indeed, Love is very rich in both honey and gall”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In early comedy ''namque'' assents, “certainly, to be sure”.^(OLD 2012) Its usual sense is explanatory, “for”, and causal, introducing a proof, “for, because”; it also follows an announcement, “now, well then”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short describe it as an emphatic ''[[nam]]'', introducing the reason with more force.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it can also mean “on the other hand, but”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''namque rēgnum suppetēbat mī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''namque ecastor Amor et melle et felle est fēcundissumus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it to introduce a proof.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Conjunction===

+ # Certainly, to be sure, yes.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|for]], for indeed.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # For, because, [[m|en|since]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Now, well then.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' On the other hand, but.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nam]]

+ * [[enim]]

+ * [[etenim]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}