placide Latin · revision 31909

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *pl(e)h₂/₃k-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''placidē''' (comparative placidius, superlative placidissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|placidus|-ē|t1=calm, gentle]].^(OLD 2012) The adjective [[m|la|placidus]] is formed from [[m|la|placeō|t=to please]],^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*plak-ē-]] and [[ine-pro|*pl(e)h₂/₃k-|t=to agree, be pleasant]]; its only direct cognate is [[xto|plāk-|t=to agree]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in a tragedy of Naevius: “look calmly at the girl's form and face”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means quietly and calmly, and of movement slowly, as in Plautus' “why are you walking so slowly, boy?”;^(OLD 2012) Caesar has Labienus advancing slowly.^(TLL) In Sallust it means mildly or in a conciliatory way.^(OLD 2012) Livy uses it of hills sloping gently.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary also gives peacefully and placidly.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius in the sense calmly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust in the sense mildly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of gently sloping hills.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Quietly, [[m|en|calmly]]; slowly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|mildly|alt=Mildly]], in a conciliatory way.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|gently|alt=Gently]], gradually.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[placidus]]

+ * [[placeo|alt=placeō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}