diutinus Latin · revision 32928

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [diˈuː.tɪ.nʊs], [diˈʊ.tɪ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [diˈuː.ti.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''diū̆tinus''' (feminine diū̆tina, neuter diū̆tinum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from the adverb [[m|la|diū|t=for a long time]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tinus]], as in [[crastinus|alt=crāstinus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan takes that adverb as an old locative of the word for “day”, going back to [[itc-pro|*djowi|t=on the day]] and [[ine-pro|*di-eu-|t=day, sky]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who has a punishment long and lasting from morning to evening.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means lasting a long time, prolonged, and also having lasted long, long-standing, as Nepos' long quarrel.^(OLD 2012) Of persons it is constant over a long time: Turpilius speaks of a kind and long-standing friend.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical, beside the commoner ''longinquus'' and ''diūturnus'';^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero writes of a long servitude.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD notes that it was probably pronounced in three syllables in Terence and Turpilius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a long punishment.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 2nd century BC – Turpilius of a long-standing friend.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a long servitude.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of a long quarrel.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Lasting a long time, [[m|en|prolonged]], [[m|en|long-lasting]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Having lasted long, long-standing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of persons)'' Constant over a long time, [[m|en|inveterate]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[diuturnus|alt=diūturnus]]

+ * [[dies|alt=diēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}