diserte Latin · revision 33521

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ser-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''disertē''' (comparative disertius, superlative disertissimē)^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|disertus|-ē|t1=eloquent; clear]],^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) the participle of [[m|la|disserō#2|alt=disserō|t=to set out in words]] used as an adjective.^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan places these words under [[m|la|serō#2|t=to join, link]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*sere/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*ser-e/o-|t=to thread, tie together]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[osc|aserum|t=to lay onto]] and [[grc|εἴρω|tr=eírō|t=to knit together]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who has ''satin hoc plane, satin diserte … videor tibi locutus esse?'', “do I seem to you to have said this plainly enough, clearly enough?”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Plautus and later in Livy it means clearly and expressly, in plain words: Livy writes of something set down in a decree ''disertissimē plānissimēque'', “most expressly and plainly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) From ''disertus'' “eloquent” it also means skilfully and eloquently: Cicero imagines a painter who has written or spoken eloquently about painting,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and Nepos also has this sense.^(Georges 1913) Tacitus uses the phrase ''disertē saltāre'', opposed to ''tenere dīcere''.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of speaking plainly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of eloquent writing or speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses the superlative of an express decree.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|clearly|alt=Clearly]], distinctly, [[m|en|expressly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # [[m|en|eloquently|alt=Eloquently]], with skilful expression.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[disertus]]

+ * [[disertim]]

+ * [[disserō#2]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}