exercitatus Latin · revision 32290

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la exerceō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exercitātus''' (feminine exercitāta, neuter exercitātum, comparative exercitātior, superlative exercitātissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the past participle [[der|la|exercitō|t=to exercise, train]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) [[m|la|exercitō]] is formed from [[m|la|exerceō|t=to keep busy, exercise]],^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan lists among the compounds of [[m|la|arceō|t=to contain, keep out]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler finds it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who asks in the ''Philippics'' who is more practised in public affairs.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means trained, practised or versed in something, of people, and skilled, of speech and other attainments.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero and Caesar use the superlative, and Cicero and Nepos the comparative.^(TLL) Tacitus once uses it in a passive sense, of Britain never more troubled than at that time.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of men practised in public life.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of a troubled province.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|trained|alt=Trained]], practised, [[m|en|proficient]], versed; of attainments, skilled.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Vexed, troubled.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}