strenue Latin · revision 32073

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈstreː.nu.eː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈstrɛː.nu.e]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''strēnuē''' (comparative strēnuius, superlative strēnuissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|strēnuus|-ē|t1=active, vigorous]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The OLD compares the adjective with [[grc|στρηνής|tr=strēnḗs|t=strong, rough]], [[m|grc|στρηνύζω|tr=strēnúzō]] and [[en|stern]];^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary traces it, probably, to [[ine-pro|*(s)treg-|t=to be stiff, rigid, strong]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first examples are in Plautus, where a character cheers “bravo, vigorously done!” and another says “bring it quickly”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means with energy or vigour, and with spirit or enterprise, dashingly; and with alacrity, promptly or briskly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It forms a comparative ''strēnuius'' and a superlative ''strēnuissimē''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus in both the vigorous and the prompt sense.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With energy or [[m|en|vigour]], forcefully.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # With spirit or enterprise, [[m|en|dashingly]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # With alacrity, promptly, [[m|en|briskly]], quickly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[strenuus|alt=strēnuus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}