placitus Latin · revision 33219

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86–34 BC, Sallust|origins=ine-pro *pl(e)h₂k-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''placitus''' (feminine ''placita'', neuter ''placitum''; superlative ''placitissimus''); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|placeō|t=to please]], its participle used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan traces [[m|la|placeō]] to [[itc-pro|*plak-ē-]] and [[ine-pro|*pl(e)h₂k-|t=to agree, be pleasant]], whose only certain cognate is [[xto|plāk-|t=to agree]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler and Georges cite Sallust first, of a pleasing place.^(Köbler 2010)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is what has won approval, pleasing or favoured: Virgil has a love that pleased,^(Georges 1913) and Statius the superlative, of a most welcome worshipper.^(Georges 1913)^(OLD 2012) Church Latin has “acceptable”.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval texts it means agreed or decreed.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust, of a pleasing place.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of a love that pleased.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius has the superlative.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – Agreed, decreed.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # That has won approval, [[m|en|pleasing]], favoured, [[m|en|agreeable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|acceptable|alt=Acceptable]].^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Agreed upon; decreed.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[placeō]]

+ * [[placitum]]

+ * [[placidus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The neuter [[placitum]] is used as a noun, “what one likes”, and an opinion, principle or doctrine, which Seneca offers as Latin for Greek ''dogmata''.^(Georges 1913) In medieval Latin the noun has many legal senses, among them a resolution, an agreement, a court session and a plea.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==References==

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