amplitudo Latin · revision 31667

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la amplus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [am.plɪˈtuː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [am.pliˈtuː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''amplitūdō''' ''f'' (genitive amplitūdinis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|amplus|-tūdō|t1=large, ample]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan derives ⟨amplus⟩ from [[itc-pro|*am-lo-|t=seizable]], from a root [[ine-pro|*h₃emh₃-|t=to grab]], with /ml/ becoming /mpl/ as in [[exemplum]]; he notes problems with the early loss of the vowel.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest examples are the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', on the dignity and greatness of the state, and Varro, on the size of animals' limbs.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its physical sense is size, bulk, extent, and also abundance;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short note that it is a prose word.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is distinction, eminence, prestige, as of the state or a magistracy, greatness of mind (which Cicero calls the finest thing of all), and the importance of a subject.^(OLD 2012) In rhetoric it is the grandeur of style produced by sonorous rhythms, and amplification of an argument.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “breadth, width, amplitude; distinction”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|amplitude]] (1540s) comes from it, partly through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' of the greatness of the state.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of size.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of greatness of mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of a grand style.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English [[m|en|amplitude]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Size, bulk, extent, [[m|en|breadth]]; abundance.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|distinction|alt=Distinction]], [[m|en|eminence]], prestige, greatness; importance.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Grandeur of style.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' [[m|en|amplification|alt=Amplification]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[amplē]]

+ * [[ampliātiō]]

+ * [[amplificātiō]]

+ * [[amplificātor]]

+ * [[amplificātrīx]]

+ * [[amplificē]]

+ * [[amplificō]]

+ * [[amplificus]]

+ * [[ampliō]]

+ * [[ampliter]]

+ * [[amplus]]

+ * [[en|amplitude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}