confertus Latin · revision 32365

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=la farciō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnfertus''' (feminine cōnferta, neuter cōnfertum, comparative cōnfertior, superlative cōnfertissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the past participle [[der|la|cōnferciō|t=to cram together]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan lists it, dated from Ennius, among the derivatives of [[m|la|farciō|t=to stuff]], from [[itc-pro|*fark-je-|t=to stuff]]; the only possible cognate he sees is [[grc|φράσσω|tr=phrássō|t=to fence in]], which does not quite match in meaning.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Ennius.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler gives Caesar as its first author.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means pressed close together, crowded, and in military language in close order: Lucretius has dense clouds, and Tacitus soldiers advancing in close order.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it of things of compact substance, and, with an ablative, of people crammed full, as men stuffed with food.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apuleius applies it to the voice of a whole crowd at once.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of dense clouds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of men crammed with food.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of soldiers in close order.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Pressed close together, [[m|en|crowded]], thronging; of troops, in close order.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of substance, [[m|en|dense]], compact.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Crammed, full; abounding in.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}