aliquanto Latin · revision 31386

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

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the ablative of measure of [[m|la|aliquantus|t=some amount of]], used as an adverb;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) the adjective is formed from [[m|la|ali-]], as in [[m|la|alius|t=other]], and [[m|la|quantus|t=how great]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL lists it in several plays of Plautus, as ''aliquantō facilius'', “somewhat more easily”, in the ''Cistellaria''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is “by some amount, somewhat, considerably”, above all with comparatives and with words of difference, as Cicero's “you suggest something rather different from usual”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) With ''post'' and ''ante'' it is “some time after” and “some time before”, common in Cicero and Varro.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus with comparatives.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a difference and with ''post'' and ''ante''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|somewhat|alt=Somewhat]], to some extent; considerably (especially with comparatives).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

+ # ''aliquantō post'', ''aliquantō ante'': some time after, before.^(TLL)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aliquantum]]

+ * [[aliquantus]]

+ * [[aliquis]]

+ * [[quantus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}