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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=la frequēns}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''frequenter''' (comparative frequentius, superlative frequentissimē)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the adverb of [[m|la|frequēns|t=crowded, frequent]], formed with [[m|la|-ter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The origin of the adjective is unclear: Nussbaum connects it with [[m|la|farciō|t=to stuff]] through a root ⟨*bʰrekʷ-⟩, which de Vaan finds attractive in meaning though the root would have an unusual shape.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Cato is the earliest author in the OLD, who tells the pressers to draw off the oil frequently;^(OLD 2012) Köbler gives Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It is in large numbers or in crowds, as Cicero's morning callers who come in greater numbers than usual, and with verbs of inhabiting densely, as Cicero's part of Syracuse most thickly inhabited.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Its commonest sense is often, repeatedly or at frequent intervals, as in Cato.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is also commonly or widely, as Varro's word for food used more in Sicily than in Italy.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Church Latin glosses it “frequently, often”.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato in the sense “often”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro in the sense “commonly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of crowds of callers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # In large numbers, in crowds; densely.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # [[m|en|often|alt=Often]], [[m|en|frequently]], repeatedly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # Commonly, widely.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[frequēns]]
+ * [[frequentātiō]]
+ * [[frequentātus]]
+ * [[frequentia]]
+ * [[frequentō]]
+ * [[saepe]]
+ * [[crēbrō]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Döderlein contrasts ''saepe'', often as opposed to once or always, with ''crēbrō'' and ''frequenter'', often as opposed to seldom.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}