antiquitas Latin · revision 31566

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=2nd half of 2nd century BC, Afranius|origins=la ante}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [anˈtiː.kʷɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [anˈtiː.kʷi.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''antīquitās''' ''f'' (genitive antīquitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|antīquus|-tās|t1=ancient]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan explains ⟨antīquus⟩ as [[ine-pro|*h₂enti-h₃kʷ-o-|t=facing the front]], built on ⟨*anti⟩, the old form of [[ante|t=before]], which he derives from [[ine-pro|*h₂ent-i]], locative of a noun “front”, cognate with [[grc|ἀντί|tr=antí|t=opposite]] and [[sa|अन्ति|tr=ánti|t=before, near]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest example is from Afranius, “I must begin with ancient times”;^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the quality of being old, as the antiquity of a family, and a ground of respect: Volcacius Sedigitus places Ennius tenth among poets for his antiquity.^(OLD 2012) It is also ancient times and their history, in the plural antiquities and writings about them, as Varro's books of ''Antīquitātēs''.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it of the old-fashioned style, saying women more easily keep the old purity of speech, and of the people of old: antiquity erred in many things.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short note that it is found only in prose.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Glossaries render it with [[grc|ἀρχαιότης|tr=arkhaiótēs]].^(TLL) Church Latin has it for antiquity, ancient times.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|antiquity]] (late 14th century) came through Old French ''antiquitet''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd half of 2nd century BC – Afranius of ancient times.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of old age, old fashion and the ancients.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro's books on antiquities.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|antiquity]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Oldness, great age; age as a ground of respect.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|antiquity]], ancient times;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''(plural)'' antiquities, writings on antiquities.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # The old-fashioned style, the good old ways; old-fashioned integrity.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The people of old, the ancients.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Veneration, regard.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[antīquus]]

+ * [[ante]]

+ * [[vetustās]]

+ * [[en|antiquity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}