diuturnitas Latin · revision 32447

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *di-eu-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''diūturnitās''' ''f'' (genitive diūturnitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|diūturnus|-tās|t1=lasting, long-lasting]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Köbler refers [[m|la|diūturnus]] to [[m|la|diū|t=for a long time]].^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan explains [[m|la|diū]] as the old locative of the word for "day", going back to [[ine-pro|*di-eu-|t=day; sky]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Cicero and Varro on; the OLD's first example is Varro, who says that seed hardens with the passing of time.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first a long lapse of time, and then the quality of lasting long, permanence: Cicero speaks of the long duration of an empire and of peace, and Caesar of a long peace.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Vitruvius uses it of the durability of timber, and Valerius Maximus of the long life of kings.^(OLD 2012) The TLL finds it absent from the poets except Publilius Syrus, and the plural in Arnobius and Augustine.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of the passing of time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the long duration of an empire.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of durable timber.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A long lapse of time.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Long [[m|en|duration]], [[m|en|permanence]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of things, [[m|en|durability]]; of people, longevity, lasting fame.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[diu|alt=diū]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}