acceptus Latin · revision 32031

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''acceptus''' (feminine ''accepta'', neuter ''acceptum'', comparative ''acceptior'', superlative ''acceptissimus''); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the perfect participle of [[m|la|accipiō|t=to receive]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) The verb is from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|capiō|t=to take, seize]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*kap-i-|t=to seize]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[got|𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=hafjan|t=to lift]] and [[grc|κάπτω|tr=káptō|t=to gulp down]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who says of a man that nobody was more welcome: slaves and free men loved him.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means welcome, well liked or popular, of persons, and acceptable or pleasing, of things.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of money it is received or credited, as in Plautus, and ''acceptum referre'' is to set something down to a person's credit, as in Varro.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes it from [[grātus]]: ''gratus'' refers to the feeling of pleasure, ''acceptus'' to its expression, a welcome.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ Church writers often say ''acceptus deo'' “acceptable to God”, and Ammianus explains martyrs as those accepted by the godhead.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it “acceptable, worthy, welcome”, and the neuter noun as “receipt”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a well-liked man and of money received.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of setting something to a person's credit.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus of martyrs accepted by God.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of persons, [[m|en|welcome|alt=Welcome]], well liked, popular.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of things, [[m|en|acceptable]], pleasing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of money, received, credited;^(OLD 2012) ''acceptum referre'', to put down to someone's credit.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Acceptable to God.^(TLL)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accipio|alt=accipiō]]

+ * [[capio|alt=capiō]]

+ * [[gratus|alt=grātus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}