magnopere Latin · revision 32201

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *mǵ-no-, ine-pro *h₃ep-os}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [maŋˈnɔ.pɛ.rɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [maɲˈɲɔː.pe.re]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''magnopere''' (comparative magis, superlative maximē or maximopere)^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus, Caesar, Livy and Seneca write it as one word, but the best manuscripts of Terence, Cicero and Pliny the Elder have ''magnō opere''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ The comparative is ''magis'' and the superlative ''maximē'' or ''maximopere''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|magnō|opere|t1=great|t2=work]], the ablative of ⟨magnum opus⟩, so literally with great labour.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces [[m|la|magnus]] to [[itc-pro|*magno-|t=great]] and [[ine-pro|*mǵ-no-|t=great]], and [[m|la|opus]] to [[m|itc-pro|*opes-|t=work]] and [[m|ine-pro|*h₃ep-os|t=work]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From with great labour it came to mean very much, greatly or exceedingly, and earnestly or urgently.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Döderlein notes that [[valde|alt=valdē]], [[admodum]] and [[multum]] strengthen an adjective or a verb, but ''magnopere'' only a verb.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it greatly, very much, exceedingly.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus writes it as one word.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero writes ''magnō opere''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar writes it as one word.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Very much, [[m|en|greatly]], exceedingly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|earnestly|alt=Earnestly]], urgently.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tantopere|alt=tantopere]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}