sumptuosus Latin · revision 32654

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁em-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [suːmp.tuˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [sump.tuˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sūmptuōsus''' (feminine sūmptuōsa, neuter sūmptuōsum, comparative sūmptuōsior); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sūmptus|-ōsus|t1=expense]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|sūmptus]] comes from [[m|la|sūmō|t=to take; to spend]], a compound that de Vaan files under [[m|la|emō|t=to take; to buy]]; he traces that verb to [[itc-pro|*eme/o-|t=to take]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁em-e/o-|t=to take]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) In the OLD's earliest quotation for persons Plautus asks whether it is not bad enough that Demipho is in love, without his also being extravagant.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of things it is expensive, involving great outlay: Cato warns against a farm that is costly to run.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of possessions and entertainments it is costly as a sign of luxury, sumptuous, as Cicero's dinners and Horace's victim.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy calls a war costly.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of persons it is lavish, extravagant, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) English [[m|en|sumptuous]] comes from it, partly through Old French, from the late 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of extravagance in a man in love.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of a costly farm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of costly dinners.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 15th century – English [[m|en|sumptuous|alt=sumptuous]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Costly, [[m|en|expensive]]; [[m|en|sumptuous]], luxurious.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of persons, lavish, [[m|en|extravagant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sumptuositas]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sumptus|alt=sūmptus]]

+ * [[sumo|alt=sūmō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}