utpote Latin · revision 32969

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *kʷu-, ine-pro *pót-i-}}

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ It is also written as two words.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ut|pote|t1=as|t2=possible]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of [[potis]] “able”, which goes back to [[itc-pro|*poti-|t=master, in control of]] and [[ine-pro|*pót-i-|t=master, lord]], and of [[ut]], from [[itc-pro|*kʷutV(s)|t=how]] and the stem [[ine-pro|*kʷu-|t=where, how]].^(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 someone say he is worthless enough, seeing that he has begun to love today.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It strengthens explanatory clauses and phrases, as one might expect, as is natural, seeing that.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It goes with ''cum'', as in Cicero's illness from which I had recovered, seeing that I had suffered without fever; with ''quī'', as in Plautus and Cicero; with a participle or adjective, as in Nepos' when I was a little boy, being no more than nine, and Horace's we reached Rubi tired, as was natural after a long day's journey; and with other words, as in Valerius Maximus.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical and compare ''quippe''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it inasmuch as, since.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus with ''quī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero with ''cum'' and ''quī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos with a participle.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of a long day's journey.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # As one might expect, as is natural; [[m|en|inasmuch as|alt=inasmuch as]], seeing that, since; introducing an explanation.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ut]]

+ * [[potis]]

+ * [[quippe]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}