minutatim Latin · revision 32932

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *mi-n(e)-h₁-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''minūtātim''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|minūtus|t=small]] with the adverb suffix [[m|la|-ātim]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) That participle belongs to [[m|la|minuō|t=to lessen]], which de Vaan traces to a nasal present [[ine-pro|*mi-n(e)-h₁-|t=to make less]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Wiktionary compares the early and late ⟨minūtim⟩.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Pomponius' Atellan farces on.^(TLL) The OLD's first quotation is Varro's, of wine poured out little by little.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means one bit at a time, gradually, little by little, and also one by one, as in Ulpian's meeting people singly.^(OLD 2012) It also means piece from piece, into small pieces: Varro has cress cut up small, and Pliny the Elder earth sifted small.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Late glosses explain it as ''paulātim'', gradually.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of pouring wine little by little.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of sifting earth small.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian, one by one.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Little by little, [[m|en|gradually]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Singly, one by one.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Into small pieces, [[m|en|piecemeal]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[minutus|alt=minūtus]]

+ * [[minuo|alt=minuō]]

+ * [[paulatim|alt=paulātim]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}