copiose Latin · revision 31938

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₃e/op-(i-)}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōpiōsē''' (comparative cōpiōsius, superlative cōpiōsissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|cōpiōsus|-ē|t1=well supplied, abundant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The adjective is made from [[m|la|cōpia|t=abundance]],^(Köbler 2010)^(Wiktionary) a compound of [[m|la|co-]] and [[m|la|ops|t=power, wealth]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*opi-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₃e/op-(i-)|t=ability, force]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Its cognates include [[hit|happina-|t=rich]] and [[grc|ὄμπνη|tr=ómpnē|t=food, corn]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who says Verres set out for his province so lavishly supplied that he left nothing at home.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means with plentiful provisions, sumptuously, and in general abundantly, as Cicero's report that the senators' urn acquitted a man by a large majority.^(OLD 2012) In rhetoric it means with a wealth of words and arguments, eloquently: Cicero calls eloquence nothing but wisdom speaking copiously.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary glosses it “fully, at length, copiously”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a lavishly supplied journey and of eloquent speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With plentiful provisions, [[m|en|sumptuously]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Abundantly, [[m|en|copiously]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # With a wealth of words, [[m|en|eloquently]], at length.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[copiosus|alt=cōpiōsus]]

+ * [[copia|alt=cōpia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}