patienter Latin · revision 31855

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la patior}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''patienter''' (comparative ''patientius'', superlative ''patientissimē'')^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|patiēns|-ter|t1=enduring, patient]], the adverb of the present participle of [[m|la|patior|t=to suffer, endure]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb goes back to [[itc-pro|*pat-i-]]; its further origin is unclear: it has been linked with [[grc|πῆμα|tr=pêma|t=suffering]], or with the root of “to fall”, through “it befalls me”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of bearing something patiently and bravely.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means with patience or toleration, especially in ''patienter ferre'' or ''tolerare'' “to bear patiently”, as in Caesar's “patiently and calmly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Horace uses it of contentedly dining on vegetables.^(Georges 1913) Valerius Maximus and Augustine have the superlative.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of bearing something patiently.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of patient calm.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of a frugal meal.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine of bearing with the wicked most patiently.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|patiently|alt=Patiently]], with toleration;^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary) ''patienter ferre'', to bear patiently.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Contentedly, frugally.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[patiens|alt=patiēns]]

+ * [[patior]]

+ * [[patientia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}