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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la quotus, la diēs}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [kɔ.tiː.diˈaː.nʊs], [koː.tiː.diˈaː.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [ko.ti.diˈaː.nus], [ko.ti.diˈaː.nus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cotīdiānus''' (feminine cotīdiāna, neuter cotīdiānum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also spelled ''cottīdiānus'' and ''quotīdiānus''.^(OLD 2012)
+ Martial scans it ''cōtīdiānus''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is formed [[af|la|cottīdiē|-ānus|t1=every day]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The adverb is from [[m|la|quotus|t=which in number]] and [[m|la|diēs|t=day]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus, ''Trinummus'': “''Pax'', that is my name; this one is the everyday one” (''hoc cottīdiānumst'').^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It is daily, happening or used every day, and of fevers quotidian, Afranius sets the daily round against feast days.^(OLD 2012) It is also habitual or normal, and of things such as one meets every day, ordinary or commonplace, as Terence's young man tired of everyday beauties.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “daily”.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it is said of someone owing daily service to a lord or attached to his household.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus in the sense “usual”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence in the sense “ordinary”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * second half of the 2nd century BC – Afranius in the sense “daily”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # [[m|en|daily|alt=Daily]], ''(of fevers)'' [[m|en|quotidian]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # Habitual, usual, normal.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|ordinary|alt=Ordinary]], commonplace.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Owing daily service to a lord.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[cottīdiē]]
+ * [[quotus]]
+ * [[diēs]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}