postremo Latin · revision 18123

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

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the ablative of [[m|la|postrēmus|t=last]], used as an adverb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains that adjective as ⟨*poster-isamo-⟩, a superlative of [[m|la|posterus|t=later]], the old comparative of [[m|la|post|t=after, behind]]; that goes back to [[itc-pro|*posti]] and [[ine-pro|*pos(ti)|t=after]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''vērum postrēmō impetrāvī'', “but in the end I got my way”, and ''postrēmō haec mea culpa nōn est'', “in short, this is not my fault”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler first records it in Ennius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Postrēmō'' is “last of all, lastly”, closing a list (Cato: plough the rough ground first, then the wettest, ''postrēmō'' the rest, Cicero: ''prīmum … deinde … postrēmō'').^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It also means “on the last occasion, most recently” (Livy), “in the end, at last”, and, summing up, “in short, in fact”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''vērum postrēmō impetrāvī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of the order of ploughing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''prīmum … deinde … postrēmō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Last of all, [[m|en|lastly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Most recently, last.^(OLD 2012)

+ # In the end, at last, [[m|en|finally]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In short, in fact.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[postrēmus]]

+ * [[posterus]]

+ * [[post]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}