sedulitas Latin · revision 33004

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēdulitās''' ''f'' (genitive sēdulitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sēdulus|-tās|t1=attentive, busy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan follows Meiser in deriving the adverb [[sedulo|alt=sēdulō]] “sincerely, diligently” from ⟨*sē dolōd⟩ “without guile”, with [[m|la|dolus|t=guile]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Varro, Köbler from Cicero;^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) in Cicero's letters Caelius praises Cornelius Balbus' work and assiduity.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is painstaking attention to a task, application, assiduity, zeal;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it classical, with the synonym ''dīligentia''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein describes it as the tireless bustling of a busy housewife, a kind nurse or one who pays officious court, against the loftier ''industria'';^(Döderlein 1874) Columella speaks of a matron's housewifely diligence.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it watchfulness.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Caelius in Cicero's letters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of a matron's diligence.^(Döderlein 1874)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Painstaking attention, [[m|en|application]], [[m|en|assiduity]], zeal; officiousness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Döderlein 1874)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Watchfulness.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sedulus|alt=sēdulus]]

+ * [[dolus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}