raptim Latin · revision 31673

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''raptim''' (adverb, not comparable)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[rapiō|t=to snatch, seize]], or from its participle ⟨raptus⟩, with the adverbial ending [[m|la|-im]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨rapiō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*rapiō|alt=*rap-i-|t=to seize]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁rep-|alt=*h₁rp-i-|t=to seize]], cognate with [[grc|ἐρέπτομαι|tr=eréptomai|t=to devour]] and [[sq|rjep|t=to tear off, rob]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Plautus;^(Köbler 2010) de Vaan dates it from Lucretius.^(de Vaan 2008) The Atellan farce writer Novius has people playing ball in a rush.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “hurriedly, hastily, in a rush”, of things done in haste.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short also give the rare sense “greedily, violently”, as in Pliny the Elder's seed greedily devoured by hungry birds.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of greedy birds.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|hurriedly|alt=Hurriedly]], [[m|en|hastily]], in a rush.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Greedily, violently.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rapiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}