locupleto Latin · revision 32934

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius|origins=ine-pro *-pleh₁-t-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɫɔ.kʊˈpɫeː.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [lo.kuˈplɛː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''locuplētō''' (present infinitive locuplētāre, perfect active locuplētāvī, supine locuplētātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a denominative verb [[af|la|locuplēs|-ō|t1=wealthy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces the second part of that adjective to [[itc-pro|*-plē-t-]] and [[ine-pro|*-pleh₁-t-]], from the root of [[m|la|plēnus|t=full]]; he notes Leumann's view that the first part is ⟨*loculus⟩ “money-bag”, but thinks it may simply be “rich in lands”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Accius,^(de Vaan 2008) who, as Gellius quotes him, has men enrich their houses with gold.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to make wealthy, enrich: Cicero has men enriched with fortunes and a man enriched with booty of gold and silver, and Nepos has Hamilcar enrich Africa with horses, arms, men and money.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Columella uses the passive for growing rich.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively, nature enriches the wise man and eloquence is enriched with the tools of weightier arts;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Cicero also uses it of adorning a temple with fine paintings.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Church Latin keeps the sense to enrich.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of houses enriched with gold.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of enriching citizens and adorning a temple.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of Hamilcar enriching Africa.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make wealthy, [[m|en|enrich]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To make sumptuous, [[m|en|embellish]], adorn.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[collocuplētō]]

+ * [[locūplētātiō]]

+ * [[locuplētātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[locuplēs]]

+ * [[locuplētē]]

+ * [[plenus|alt=plēnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}