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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cupidē''' (comparative cupidius, superlative cupidissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the adverb of [[cupidus|t=eager, desirous]], with the ending [[m|la|-ē]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The adjective is from [[cupiō|t=to desire]], which de Vaan derives from [[itc-pro|*kup-i-]] and a PIE present [[ine-pro|*kup-(e)i-|t=to tremble, desire]], cognate with [[sa|कुप्यति|tr=kupyati]] and [[lt|kūpėti|t=to simmer, boil]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest quotation is Plautus, “why do you want that so eagerly?”;^(OLD 2012) Köbler gives Terence.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is eagerly, zealously or with alacrity, and also over-eagerly, hastily or rashly, as Ennius' warning not to give the whole cause away by rash hope.^(OLD 2012) In the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' it is partially or with bias, of speaking and arguing for a side.^(OLD 2012) The comparative is ''cupidius'', the superlative ''cupidissimē''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of wanting something eagerly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of hoping rashly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – In Terence.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|eagerly|alt=Eagerly]], zealously, with [[m|en|alacrity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Over-eagerly, hastily, rashly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|partially|alt=Partially]], with bias.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cupidus]]

+ * [[cupiō]]

+ * [[cupiditās]]

+ * [[cupīdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}