perquam Latin · revision 32211

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɛr.kʷãː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈpɛr.kʷam]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ It is also written separately, ''per quam''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Lucretius places it after the word it modifies.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|quam|t1=very|t2=how, as]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL, after Leumann, takes ⟨-quam⟩ in the sense in some way, as in [[m|la|quisquam|t=anyone]], but notes that others explain it differently.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Bacchides'' has “you know their ways extremely well”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means in a very high degree, exceedingly, extremely, as Plautus' “in an utterly unworthy way” and Cicero's “very briefly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein explains that it marks an extraordinary degree with a note of astonishment on the speaker's part, whereas [[valde|alt=valdē]], [[admodum]] and [[multum]] are a plain intensifying.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it as much as possible, extremely.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of knowing someone's ways extremely well.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius places it after its word.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of speaking very briefly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In a very high degree, [[m|en|exceedingly]], extremely.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[valde|alt=valdē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}