propinquitas Latin · revision 31705

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''propinquitās''' ''f'' (genitive propinquitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|propinquus|-tās|t1=near]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The adjective [[m|la|propinquus]] is formed from [[m|la|prope|t=near]], which de Vaan, following Dunkel, traces to [[ine-pro|*própro|t=on and on, ever further]], with loss of the second ⟨r⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|प्रप्र|tr=prá-pra|t=on and on]] and [[grc|πρόπρο|tr=própro|t=before; on and on]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) whose ''Aulularia'' has “the closer you join yourself to good people by kinship, the better”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first recorded sense is kinship, and in the plural it means family ties or relatives; it is also closeness of association.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of place it is nearness or proximity, as Cicero's Aricia, almost a neighbour of Rome, and Pacuvius uses it of nearness in time.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Fronto applies it to a relation between words.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “relationship, nearness”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of kinship.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius of nearness in time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of nearness in place.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|propinquity]], partly through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|nearness|alt=Nearness]] in place or time, [[m|en|proximity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|kinship|alt=Kinship]], relationship; relatives; intimacy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A connection between things.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[appropinquātiō]]

+ * [[appropinquō]]

+ * [[prope]]

+ * [[propinquē]]

+ * [[propinquus]]

+ * [[en|propinquity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}