exquisitus Latin · revision 33224

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la quaerō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exquīsītus''' (feminine ''exquīsīta'', neuter ''exquīsītum''; comparative ''exquīsītior'', superlative ''exquīsītissimus''); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|exquīrō|t=to search out, inquire]], its participle used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010) That verb is a compound of [[m|la|quaerō|t=to seek]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan, following Nussbaum, traces to [[itc-pro|*kwai-s-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*kueh₂-i-|t=to acquire]], with other proposals reported as uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''De re publica'' speaks of training in the most refined Greek manner.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is first what is carefully worked out, studied or meticulous: Cicero wants neatness that is neither offensive nor too studied, Valerius Maximus has vessels made with exquisite art, and Pliny the Elder knowledge of the finest subtlety.^(OLD 2012) It is then what is chosen with unusual care, choice or rare: Cicero has the choicest dishes for a feast and exquisite tortures, Seneca gifts more rare and choice than costly, and Tacitus new and choice paths of eloquence and a poison chosen to disturb the mind and delay death.^(OLD 2012) Georges adds a refined flatterer in Tacitus and very refined courtesy in Suetonius.^(Georges 1913) Church Latin also has “made certain, properly considered”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of refined training and choice dishes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca, of rare and choice gifts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of new paths of eloquence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Carefully worked out, [[m|en|studied]], [[m|en|meticulous]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Chosen with unusual care, choice, rare, [[m|en|exquisite]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Made certain; carefully considered.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[exquīrō]]

+ * [[quaerō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}