lepide Latin · revision 32266

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la lepidus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lepidē''' (comparative lepidius, superlative lepidissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lepidus|-ē|t1=charming, pleasant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The OLD suggests that [[m|la|lepidus]] may come from [[grc|λεπτός|tr=leptós|t=fine, delicate]];^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary derives it from a root *lep- with the suffix -idus, the root of [[m|la|lepōs|t=charm, grace]], whose origin is unclear.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it often, as in ''Pseudolus'' of tricking a pimp nicely.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means charmingly, pleasantly, wittily or neatly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) In Plautus it is above all a word of approval, “fine, excellent”, as in the ''Bacchides'': “what if you keep quiet and I speak?” – “Fine, go ahead”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of clever tricks and as a word of approval.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|charmingly|alt=Charmingly]], pleasantly, wittily, neatly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # As a word of approval, fine, excellent.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lepidus]]

+ * [[lepos|alt=lepōs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}