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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=itc-pro *kwois-ā-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accūrātē''' (comparative accūrātius, superlative accūrātissimē)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adc-''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|accūrātus|-ē|t1=done with care]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|accūrātus]] is the participle of [[accuro|alt=accūrō]] “to take care of”, from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|cūrō|t=to care for]], the verb of [[cura|alt=cūra]] “care”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces [[m|la|cūra]] to [[itc-pro|*kwois-ā-|t=care, watch]], perhaps from a root [[ine-pro|*kwei-s-|t=to heed]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is with attention to detail, meticulously, carefully, and also precisely and exactly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL sorts its uses by the synonyms they match: carefully and studiously, then elaborately and exquisitely, then simply diligently.^(TLL) Lewis & Short note that the verb [[m|la|accūrō]] is very common in Plautus and Terence, while the participle adjective is frequent in Cicero and is never used of persons, for whom ''dīligēns'' serves.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses the adverb.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|carefully|alt=Carefully]], with attention to detail, [[m|en|meticulously]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

+ # [[m|en|precisely|alt=Precisely]], exactly.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accuratus|alt=accūrātus]]

+ * [[accuro|alt=accūrō]]

+ * [[cura|alt=cūra]]

+ * [[en|accurate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}