tarde Latin · revision 30953

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=la tardus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tardē''' (comparative tardius, superlative tardissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|tardus|t=slow]] with the adverb ending [[m|la|-ē]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan finds no etymology for ⟨tardus⟩, and rejects Walde and Hofmann's link with [[grc|τέρυ|tr=téru|t=weak]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius, in a comedy: ''tū nimis spissē ac tardē incēdis'', “you walk too slowly and sluggishly”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is slowly or sluggishly, and in the jurist Gaius “with difficulty”, of someone who hears slowly.^(OLD 2012) It is also late or tardily: Cicero has Lentulus come very late, ''citius tardius'' is “sooner or later”, and ''cum tardissimē'' “at the latest”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of walking slowly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of coming late.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius in the sense “with difficulty”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|slowly|alt=Slowly]], sluggishly; with difficulty.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Late, [[m|en|tardily]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''citius tardius'', sooner or later.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tardigradus]]

+ * [[tarditās]]

+ * [[tardiusculus]]

+ * [[tardus]]

+ * [[tardō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}