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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''largē''' (comparative largius, superlative largissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|largus|-ē|t1=generous, abundant]], the adverb of the adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The origin of [[m|la|largus]] is uncertain: de Vaan doubts that its long vowel is original, which weakens Walde and Hofmann's derivation from a stem meaning “fat, bacon”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in Plautus, of a man who flatters generously.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means generously or liberally, and in large amounts, abundantly, as Cicero's food supplied abundantly without labour.^(OLD 2012) It also means to a great extent, as in Varro's remark that Accius began to depart further from old usage.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it “largely, abundantly, plentifully”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of generous flattery.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of departing further from old usage.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of food supplied abundantly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|generously|alt=Generously]], [[m|en|liberally]], munificently.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|abundantly|alt=Abundantly]], copiously.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To a great extent.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[largus]]

+ * [[largior|alt=largior]]

+ * [[largiter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}