elatus Latin · revision 33058

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la efferō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēlātus''' (feminine ēlāta, neuter ēlātum, comparative ēlātior); first/second-declension participle^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the perfect participle [[der|la|efferō#1|t=to carry out, raise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are Varro, of cocks that hold their heads high, and Cicero, of a great and lofty mind that looks down on human affairs.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it only from Quintilian.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means raised, high or situated on high ground:^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder has convex mirrors and the right kidney that lies higher, and Columella furrows driven now over higher, now over lower ground.^(OLD 2012) Of a person or feelings it is lofty and exalted, and of style elevated or grand:^(OLD 2012) Cicero speaks of openings not yet fired with elevated words, and Pliny the Younger of things high and lofty.^(OLD 2012) In Late and Church Latin it often means proud or puffed up: Ammianus Marcellinus has someone elated by unexpected success, and Jerome and the Theodosian Code use it too.^(TLL)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of cocks holding their heads high.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a lofty mind and elevated words.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of higher ground.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus Marcellinus of being elated by success.^(TLL)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Raised, high; situated on high ground.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Holding the head high, proudly erect.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|lofty|alt=Lofty]], [[m|en|exalted]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) (of style) elevated, [[m|en|grand]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Late and Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|proud|alt=Proud]], puffed up.^(TLL)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[efferō#1]]

+ * [[ēlātiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}