suetus Latin · revision 31930

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *sue(h₁-)dʰh₁-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suētus''' (feminine suēta, neuter suētum); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Lucretius and Horace scan it as two syllables.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the perfect passive participle [[der|la|suēscō|t=to become accustomed]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|suēscō]] to [[itc-pro|*swē(þ)-sk-e/o-]] and a phrase [[ine-pro|*sue(h₁-)dʰh₁-|t=to make one's own, get accustomed]], perhaps from the word for “self, own”; the simple verb is a back-formation from older compounds such as [[m|la|cōnsuēscō]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|εἴωθα|tr=eíōtha|t=to be used to]], [[m|grc|ἦθος|tr=êthos|t=custom]] and [[got|𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃|tr=swes|t=own]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in Lucretius, of adamantine rocks used to despising blows;^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Sallust.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ With an infinitive it means accustomed to do something, and with a dative accustomed to an activity or condition, as Sallust's soldiers used to brigandage from boyhood.^(OLD 2012) Of things it means usual or familiar, as Livy's flesh of animals both familiar and unfamiliar.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of rocks used to blows.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of soldiers used to brigandage.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy in the sense familiar.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|accustomed|alt=Accustomed]], used to doing something or to a condition.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|usual|alt=Usual]], [[m|en|familiar]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suesco|alt=suēscō]]

+ * [[consuetus|alt=cōnsuētus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}