largior Latin · revision 31209

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la largus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''largior''' (present infinitive largīrī or largīrier, perfect active largītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms are the imperfect ''largībar'' in Propertius, the future ''largībere'' and the infinitive ''largīrier'' in Plautus, and the active imperative ''largī'' in Accius and Lucilius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|largus|t=abundant, generous]] with the verbal suffix [[m|la|-iō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The origin of ⟨largus⟩ is unclear: de Vaan doubts that its long /aː/ is original, which undermines Walde and Pokorny's ⟨*lajes-ago-⟩ “carrying fat”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus is its first author,^(Köbler 2010) with ''tū istam cēnam largīre … ēsurientibus'', “give that dinner away to the hungry”, in the ''Amphitruo''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to give generously or lavish gifts, as in Plautus and Lucilius, and Ennius has fields that “bestow” their crops.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Absolutely it is to give gifts corruptly, to bribe, as in Cicero's ''Pro Murena'' and in Caesar and Sallust.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It is also to grant abstract things, as Plautus' “is it right for a father to bestow such morals on his children?”, of time or circumstances to allow, and to overlook or concede a point, as Cicero's “yet I concede and grant this”.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “bestow, grant, donate”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of giving a dinner away and of bestowing morals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of fields bestowing crops.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of bribery and of conceding a point.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To give generously, [[m|en|bestow]], [[m|en|lavish]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(absolute)'' To give bribes.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To grant, confer; to allow, permit.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|condone]], overlook; to concede.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[largīmentum]]

+ * [[largītiō]]

+ * [[largītor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[largus]]

+ * [[dōnō]]

+ * [[tribuō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}