exactus Latin · revision 32937

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=43 BC–18 AD, Ovid|origins=ine-pro *h₂eǵ-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exāctus''' (feminine exācta, neuter exāctum, comparative exāctior, superlative exāctissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the perfect participle [[der|la|exigō|t=to drive out; to weigh, examine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) That verb is [[m|la|ex-]] with [[m|la|agō|t=to drive]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-|t=to do, act]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates the adjective from Ovid,^(Köbler 2010) who finds it hard to say whether someone was more exact in morals or in his craft.^(Georges 1913) Livy uses it of an exact number.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Weighed carefully, it means exact, precise, accurate: Livy finds it hard to state the number of fighters exactly, and Suetonius has someone take more than usual care.^(Conte 2010) Of persons it is scrupulous, as the Elder Seneca's most exact talent and the Younger Pliny's most upright man.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Church Latin glosses it precise, exact, accurate, sharp.^(Stelten 1995) Italian [[m|it|esatto]] continues it.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of an exact number.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius of exacting care.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|exact|alt=Exact]], [[m|en|precise]], accurate.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(of persons)'' Scrupulous, exacting; upright.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[exigo|alt=exigō]]

+ * [[ago|alt=agō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The OLD has two rare nouns of the same spelling: ''exāctus, -ūs'', disposal by sale, in the pseudo-Quintilian ''Declamations'',^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) and ''exāctus, -ī'', apparently a military record clerk, which Mommsen took from ''ex āctīs'' “from the records”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}