praeterquam Latin · revision 32996

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *kʷos}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [prae̯ˈtɛr.kʷãː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [preˈtɛr.kʷam]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ It is also written separately, ''praeter quam'', sometimes with a word between.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[m|la|praeter|t=beyond, except]] and [[m|la|quam|t=than]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) Wiktionary traces ⟨quam⟩ to the pronoun stem [[ine-pro|*kʷos]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first quotation is from Naevius, of hearing something from afar other than one wished;^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates it from Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Followed by a verb it means beyond the way in which, except that.^(OLD 2012) Introducing a clause it is apart from him who, apart from the fact that: in Terence one character is warned not to say a single word beyond what is asked, and another says that all his labours were light except being without the one he addresses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius uses it with ''sī'', except if.^(OLD 2012) Before a phrase it is apart from, beyond, except, as Cicero's question whether a man had been accused of any charge except poisoning.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it besides, except, beyond, other than.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, except if.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, except poisoning.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Conjunction===

+ # Beyond, [[m|en|besides]]; except that.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|except|alt=Except]], save, apart from.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[praeter]]

+ * [[quam]]

+ * [[praeterea|alt=praetereā]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}