splendor Latin · revision 30886

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈspɫɛn.dɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsplɛn.dor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''splendor''' ''m'' (genitive splendōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|splendeō|t=to shine]] with the suffix [[m|la|-or]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces the verb to [[itc-pro|*splnd-ē-]] and [[ine-pro|*spl̥nd-eh₁-|t=to be manifest]], cognate with [[sga|sluindid|t=to declare, name]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Mercator'': ''caelum ut est splendōre plēnum, nōnne vidēs?'', “don't you see how the sky is full of brightness?”^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is brightness or radiance, the sheen of polished things, as the knobs Plautus' character wants polished on the doors, and the brilliance of colour, as Lucretius' bright purple cloth.^(OLD 2012) By transfer it is the clarity of the voice and brilliance of intellect (Cicero on Caesar's mind).^(OLD 2012) It is outward show or magnificence, as Cicero praises moderation in private life and splendour in public, vividness of style, and glory, dignity or personal distinction.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “splendor, brightness, lustre, sumptuousness”.^(Stelten 1995) English ''splendor'' (early 15th century) comes from it, directly and through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a bright sky and polished knobs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of bright purple.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of magnificence, style and distinction.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|splendor]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Brightness, [[m|en|brilliance]], radiance; [[m|en|sheen]], lustre.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Clarity (of the voice); brilliance (of mind or style).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Magnificence, display, [[m|en|splendor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Glory, [[m|en|renown]]; personal distinction.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[splendificō]]

+ * [[splendōrifer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[splendeō]]

+ * [[splendidus]]

+ * [[en|splendor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}