quaestuosus Latin · revision 32903

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la quaerō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quaestuōsus''' (feminine quaestuōsa, neuter quaestuōsum, comparative quaestuōsior, superlative quaestuōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|quaestus|-ōsus|t1=gain, profit]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|quaestus]] is formed on [[quaero|alt=quaerō]] “to seek”, which de Vaan, following Nussbaum, traces to [[itc-pro|*kwai-s-e/o-]] and an i-present [[ine-pro|*kueh₂-i-|t=to acquire]], comparing Doric [[m|grc|πέπαμαι|tr=pépāmai|t=to get, acquire]]; he notes that other explanations have been proposed.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) where it is said of a woman good at making money.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of things it is producing income, profitable or lucrative: Cato advises on a farm however productive it may be, and Cicero calls trade gainful and a workshop most lucrative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of persons it is good at making money, financially successful.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it classical, with ''lucrōsus'' as a synonym.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it profitable.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a woman who earns money.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Producing income, [[m|en|profitable]], [[m|en|lucrative]], advantageous.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Good at making money, financially successful.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quaestus]]

+ * [[quaero|alt=quaerō]]

+ * [[lucrosus|alt=lucrōsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}