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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *snt-ie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈsẽː.sĩː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsɛn.sim]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēnsim''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sentiō|-im|t1=to perceive]], formed on the participle stem ⟨sēns-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short explain the first sense as “perceptibly”, as opposed to suddenly.^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|sentiō]] to [[itc-pro|*s(e)nt-ije/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*snt-ie/o-|t=to notice]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[lt|sintė́ti|t=to think]]; whether [[sga|sét|t=road]] belongs to the same root is doubtful.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) and Köbler from Cicero, who writes that we come to know ourselves slowly and late.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means slowly, gradually, little by little, opposed to [[repente]] “suddenly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy uses it in the sense cautiously or tentatively: the soldiers no longer made demands gradually through their centurions but all at once with shouts.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein groups it with ''[[paulatim|alt=paulātim]]'' as words for an imperceptible progress, unlike ''[[gradatim|alt=gradātim]]'' and ''[[pedetemptim]]'', which describe a conscious, step-by-step one.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it slowly, softly, gradually.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of knowing oneself slowly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius of reminding someone gently.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Slowly, [[m|en|gradually]], little by little.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Cautiously, [[m|en|tentatively]], gently.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sentio|alt=sentiō]]

+ * [[paulatim|alt=paulātim]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}