generatim Latin · revision 32814

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *ǵenh₁-o/es-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''generātim''' (adverb; not comparable)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|genus|-tim|t1=kind, race]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan files [[m|la|genus]] under [[m|la|gignō|t=to beget]] and traces it to [[ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-o/es-|t=race, offspring]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short quote it first from Lucretius, of the fixed limit of growth assigned to things kind by kind.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is by classes or kinds: Cicero writes of the rights of citizens divided by orders and ages, and Varro asks whether analogy is not kept among birds by kind, eagles coming from eagles.^(OLD 2012) Cicero also has things arranged by kind with skill.^(OLD 2012) It is in separate groups: Cicero has a man honoured by the whole province and by each of its parts.^(OLD 2012) It is then in general terms: Cicero wishes to cover everything generally, and contrasts speaking one by one with speaking by kind and in general.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Servius distinguishes it from [[generaliter]]: ⟨generātim⟩ is kind by kind, ⟨generāliter⟩ all at once.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it by kinds, species, classes or divisions.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of limits set kind by kind.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of citizens divided by orders.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of birds by kind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # By [[m|en|class|alt=classes]] or kinds, by species.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # In separate groups.^(OLD 2012)

+ # In general terms, [[m|en|generally]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[genus]]

+ * [[singillatim|alt=singillātim]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}