praeclare Latin · revision 31454

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *kl̥h₁-ro-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praeclārē''' (comparative praeclārius, superlative praeclārissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|praeclārus|t=very bright; splendid]] with the adverb ending [[m|la|-ē]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) The adjective is [[m|la|prae-|t=before, very]] with [[m|la|clārus|t=clear, bright]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*klāro-|t=loud]] and [[ine-pro|*kl̥h₁-ro-|t=loud, sonorous]], with the same shift from “loud” to “clear, bright” as in [[goh|hel|t=loud]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Among the OLD's first examples is a speech of the orator Carbo, “if Gracchus acted wickedly, Opimius acted splendidly”;^(OLD 2012) Köbler gives Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is very clearly or plainly, as Cicero's “I remember very clearly who produced that heap of books”, and with conspicuous merit or success, very well or excellently, as in Carbo;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Cicero's “the matter stood very well” is of a successful result.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It has the superlative ''praeclārissimē''.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary also gives “famously” and “nobly”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of clear memory and success.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Very clearly, very plainly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Excellently, [[m|en|splendidly]], very well;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) with great success.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|famously|alt=Famously]], nobly.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[praeclarus]]

+ * [[clārus]]

+ * [[clārē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}