proceritas Latin · revision 32995

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *kreh₁-ro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [proːˈkeː.rɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [proˈt͡ʃɛː.ri.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōcēritās''' ''f'' (genitive prōcēritātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prōcērus|-tās|t1=tall]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces the base of that adjective to [[itc-pro|*k(r)ēro-]] and [[ine-pro|*kreh₁-ro-|t=growing]], connecting it, against Schrijver's doubts, with [[cresco|alt=crēscō]] “to grow”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL and Köbler date it from Cicero,^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) who writes of admiring the height of trees.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the quality of being tall, tallness or height, of trees and of people: Cicero speaks of a man's fair looks and tall stature.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also great length, often still upward, as the long necks that help taller animals in Cicero; it is also transferred to metre.^(OLD 2012) Apuleius uses it of distance upward, altitude.^(OLD 2012) The TLL finds it in Cicero, both Senecas and Columella, and most often in Pliny the Elder.^(TLL) English ''procerity'' “tallness”, now rare, dates from the 1540s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of tall trees and of long necks.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it often.^(TLL)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius of height above the ground.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1540s – English ''procerity''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Tallness, [[m|en|height]]; altitude.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Great [[m|en|length]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[procerus|alt=prōcērus]]

+ * [[cresco|alt=crēscō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}