claritudo Latin · revision 31736

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *kelh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɫaː.rɪˈtuː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kla.riˈtuː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''clāritūdō''' ''f'' (genitive clāritūdinis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|clārus|-tūdō|t1=clear, famous]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) The adjective [[m|la|clārus]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*klāros|t=loud]] and [[ine-pro|*kl̥h₁-ró-|t=loud, sonorous]], from the root [[ine-pro|*kelh₁-|t=to call]]; the shift from “loud” to “clear, bright” is also seen in [[goh|hel|t=loud]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Cato,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of “the greatest glory and the highest renown”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a by-form of [[clāritās]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Its usual sense is distinction or fame: Sallust uses it a few times and Tacitus very often, but it is not found in Cicero, Caesar, Quintilian or Suetonius.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The literal sense, brightness, is rare, as in Tacitus' brightness of the moon goddess; inscriptions on eye salves use it of clear vision, and Gellius of the clearness of an actor's voice.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of renown.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of fame.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, who uses it very often, also of the moon's brightness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius of the clearness of a voice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|distinction|alt=Distinction]], [[m|en|fame]], [[m|en|renown]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|brightness|alt=Brightness]]; clearness of vision.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Clearness of the voice.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[clarus|alt=clārus]]

+ * [[claritas|alt=clāritās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}