aliquot Latin · revision 31220

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *kʷóti}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈa.lɪ.kʷɔt]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈaː.li.kʷot]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aliquot''' (indeclinable)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''aliquod''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|ali-|quot|t2=how many]], with ⟨ali-⟩ as in [[m|la|alius|t=other]] and [[m|la|aliquis|t=someone]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨quot⟩ from [[itc-pro|*kʷoti]] and [[ine-pro|*kʷóti|t=how many]], cognate with [[sa|कति|tr=káti|t=how many]] and [[grc|πόσος|tr=pósos|t=how great, how many]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first examples in the OLD and the TLL are from Terence, as ''aliquot hōs diēs'', “these several days”, and ''aliquot mē adiērunt'', “several people came to me”;^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler gives Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is an indeclinable “some, several, a number of”, as Cato's and Varro's “several days”, and as a noun “several people”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “some, several, a few”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence has ''aliquot hōs diēs''.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Determiner===

+ # A number of, [[m|en|several]], some.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(as a noun)'' Several people, a number.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aliquotiēns]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quot]]

+ * [[aliquis]]

+ * [[aliquantus]]

+ * [[nōnnūllus]]

+ * [[en|aliquot]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis and Short note that it leaves the number undefined, “some, several, not many”, while ''nōnnūllī'' marks an indeterminate selection out of a larger group.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}