quotannis Latin · revision 31876

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kʷe/o-ti, ine-pro *h₂et-no-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kʷɔˈtan.niːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kʷoˈtan.nis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quotannīs''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also written as two words.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Inscriptions have the spelling ''quodannis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|quot|annus|t1=as many as|t2=year]], with the ablative plural of the noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|quot]] to [[itc-pro|*kʷoti]] and [[ine-pro|*kʷe/o-ti|t=how many]], and [[m|la|annus]] to [[itc-pro|*atno-|t=year]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂et-no-|t=going (around)]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[osc|akeneí|t=in the year]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means every year, annually, as in Cicero's taxes paid every year.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil writes it as two words, and Caesar has the accusative ''quot annōs''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Digest says it makes no difference whether a legacy is left “for each year” or “every year”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “yearly, annually”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of taxes paid every year.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, written as two words.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Every year, [[m|en|annually]], [[m|en|yearly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quot]]

+ * [[annus]]

+ * [[cotidie|alt=cottīdiē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}