ubertas Latin · revision 32862

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *h₁ouHdʰ-r̥}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [uːˈbɛr.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [uˈbɛr.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ūbertās''' ''f'' (genitive ūbertātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Coins and Ulpian also have ''ūberitās''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ūber|-tās|t1=fertile, rich]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives the adjective from the noun [[m|la|ūber|t=udder, teat]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*ouþ-r-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁ouHdʰ-r̥|t=udder]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|ऊधर्|tr=ū́dhar|t=udder]], [[grc|οὖθαρ|tr=oûthar|t=udder]] and [[ang|ūder|t=udder]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Ennius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the productiveness of soil and plants, and fruitful growth: Cicero quotes what country people say of plants in full growth.^(OLD 2012) Cicero also uses it of milk, of an abundance of anything, even of scoundrels, and of a rich flow of language and richness of content.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short give [[fecunditas|alt=fēcunditās]] and [[copia|alt=cōpia]] as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Coins have the form ⟨VBERITAS⟩, and Ulpian ⟨uberitas⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it fullness, fruitfulness, abundance.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of fertile soil, of milk, and of a rich style.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian has ''uberitas''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|fruitfulness|alt=Fruitfulness]], [[m|en|fertility]] of soil and plants; fruitful growth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Plenty, [[m|en|abundance]] of anything.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A copious flow of milk or other liquids.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Richness of language or style; richness of content.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ūbertō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[uber|alt=ūber]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}