lautus Latin · revision 31688

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *lewh₃-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lautus''' (feminine lauta, neuter lautum, comparative lautior, superlative lautissimus); first/second-declension adjective, past participle of ''lavō''^(OLD 2012)

+ The participle also has the form ''lōtus'', which the OLD finds used as an adjective perhaps only once, in Petronius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[lavō|t=to wash]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨lavō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*lowa-|t=to wash]] and [[ine-pro|*lewh₃-|alt=*(le-)louh3-|t=to wash]], cognate with [[xum|vutu|t=let him wash]], [[grc|λούω|tr=loúō|t=I wash]] and [[ang|lēaþor|t=soap foam]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is in Ennius' ''Saturae'', of a man “carefree, cheerful, washed”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is “washed, clean”.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995) From this it came to mean “well turned out, respectable, fine”, as in Plautus' “she is charming and elegant — how sensible!”, and of conduct “splendid”, as in Cicero's letters: “nothing will be more splendid or glorious for you”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of a way of life, meals and furnishings it is “sumptuous, luxurious”: Seneca speaks of a region where the finest shelter is a hut.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “elegant, sumptuous, splendid, grand, washed”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of a washed man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of an elegant girl.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a splendid deed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of luxurious shelter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Washed, clean.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Well turned out, fine, [[m|en|elegant]]; [[m|en|splendid]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|sumptuous|alt=Sumptuous]], [[m|en|luxurious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lavō]]

+ * [[lautitia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}