persaepe Latin · revision 32117

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *seh₂-i-}}

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|saepe|t1=very|t2=often]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|saepe]] from the noun [[m|la|saepēs|t=hedge, fence]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*saip-i-]] and [[ine-pro|*seh₂-i-|t=to tie]].^(de Vaan 2008) He explains the intensive [[m|la|per-]] of adjectives and adverbs as modelled on verbs in which the prefix means thoroughly.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it split by an oath in the ''Casina'': “by Pollux, you very often go wrong”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means very often, as Cicero's “which happens very often” and his remark that the brow, eyes and face very often lie.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Horace uses it in the ''Satires'' and the ''Ars Poetica''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus in tmesis with an oath.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the face that often lies.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace in the ''Satires''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Very often, very [[m|en|frequently]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[saepes|alt=saepēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}