parumper Latin · revision 32282

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *peh₂u-ro-, ine-pro *péri}}

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ Lindsay suspects an old spelling ''parvomper'' in Plautus.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|parum|-per|t1=a little|t2=for, through]], originally a phrase with a postposition.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|parum]], the neuter of the stem of [[m|la|parvus|t=small]], to [[itc-pro|*pauro-]] and [[ine-pro|*peh₂u-ro-]], and the suffix [[m|la|-per]], which marks duration, to [[itc-pro|*peri|t=through, across]] and [[ine-pro|*péri|t=across]].^(de Vaan 2008) Festus glosses it as [[paulisper]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Ennius,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Annals'' have “that you, my kinswoman, may visit me from heaven for a moment”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means for a short while, for a moment, as Plautus' “be quiet a moment”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ennius also uses it of a short time, quickly, of someone who crossed the plain at a rapid pace and plunged into the wood.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes it from [[paulisper]]: ''parumper'' is “in a short time”, with a glance to the future, and goes with acts of the mind, ''paulisper'' “during a short time”, with acts of the body.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of a moment and of haste.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of being quiet for a moment.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # For a short while, for a moment, [[m|en|briefly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In a short time, [[m|en|quickly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[parum]]

+ * [[paulisper]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}