sancte Latin · revision 32857

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sh₂-n-k-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sanctē''' (comparative sanctius, superlative sanctissimē)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sānctus|-ē|t1=sacred, inviolable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) [[m|la|sānctus]] is the past participle of [[m|la|sanciō|t=to make sacred, ratify]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*sa-n-k-je-|t=to sanctify]] and [[ine-pro|*sh₂-n-k-|t=to make sacred]], from the root of [[m|la|sacer]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) In the OLD's earliest quotation, from Plautus, someone asks whether the other will still have doubts when he swears solemnly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is in a way secured by religious sanction, inviolably: Cicero says that a law is written more strictly and more inviolably than the ancient laws.^(OLD 2012) It is also religiously, in keeping with sacred duty, as of a city's ornaments most religiously guarded, and with integrity, virtuously: Cicero speaks of one who had lived virtuously and with dignity.^(OLD 2012) Köbler also finds it in the Bible and medieval texts.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of swearing solemnly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of inviolable laws, religious care and a virtuous life.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|inviolably|alt=Inviolably]], by religious sanction; with verbs of swearing, [[m|en|solemnly]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # In keeping with religious duty, religiously.^(OLD 2012)

+ # With [[m|en|integrity]], virtuously, innocently.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sanctus|alt=sānctus]]

+ * [[sancio|alt=sanciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}