placatus Latin · revision 32802

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *pl(e)h₂/₃k-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''plācātus''' (feminine plācāta, neuter plācātum; comparative plācātior, superlative plācātissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the past participle [[der|la|plācō|t=to appease]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan takes [[m|la|plācō]] as probably a denominal verb of the same root as [[placeo|alt=placeō]] “to please”, which he traces to [[itc-pro|*plāk-ā-]] and [[ine-pro|*pl(e)h₂/₃k-|t=to agree, be pleasant]]; the only direct cognates are Tocharian words in ⟨plāk-⟩ “to agree”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first quotation is in Plautus: at the end of the ''Mercator'' a man is told that his wife is calm and appeased towards him.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of people and gods it is kindly disposed, merciful, as the result of having been appeased: Pliny the Elder speaks of gods made more favourable.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of things and conditions it is peaceful, calm: Cicero writes of the quiet, settled state of the mind and of philosophers who talk of calm and untroubled matters, Virgil of calm seas, and Livy of a face and speech gentle towards all.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero also has the superlative of a most peaceful rest.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of an appeased wife.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a calm mind and calm subjects.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of calm seas.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of a gentle face and speech.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Kindly disposed, [[m|en|merciful]], appeased.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of things and conditions, [[m|en|peaceful]], calm, quiet.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[placo|alt=plācō]]

+ * [[placeo|alt=placeō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The adverb [[placate|alt=plācātē]] “calmly, composedly” is used by Cicero, who urges bearing all human things calmly and with moderation.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}