rite Latin · revision 31385

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂r-(e)i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈriː.tɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈriː.te]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rīte''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It seems to be an old ablative beside [[m|la|rītus|t=rite]], as Lewis and Short compare ⟨diū⟩ beside ⟨diē⟩;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary takes it from a lost third-declension noun ⟨*rītis⟩.^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reports that its final vowel is always short, which points to a stem ⟨*rīti-⟩, and derives ⟨rītus⟩ from [[itc-pro|*reitu-|t=rite]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂r-(e)i-|t=to count, observe carefully]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἀριθμός|tr=arithmós|t=number]] and [[sga|rím|t=number]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Ennius as its first author;^(Köbler 2010) the OLD quotes Plautus, who says a son has been brought up properly for his father.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is with the correct religious procedure, as Cicero's games that were not properly performed, and of the gods with a favourable answer, as Aeneas' prayer to the Nymphs in Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Outside religion it is with all due formality, as Quintilian's tribune “not duly elected”, and more widely properly, duly or correctly, as in Plautus and Lucretius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also rightly or fittingly, as in an unknown tragedy.^(OLD 2012) Statius once uses it as a noun, “rite”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “rightly, fitly, properly, with suitable ceremony”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a son properly raised.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of games improperly held.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of prayer duly answered.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With due [[m|en|rite|alt=rites]], with the proper ceremonies.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # With all due formality.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Properly, [[m|en|duly]], correctly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Rightly, fittingly.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(as a noun)'' Rite, ceremony.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rītus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}