claresco Latin · revision 33641

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *klh₁-ro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɫaːˈreːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [klaˈrɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''clārēscō''' (present infinitive clārēscere, perfect active clāruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|clāreō|-scō|t1=to be bright]],^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) from [[m|la|clārus|t=clear, bright]].^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|clārus]] to [[itc-pro|*klāro-|t=loud]] and [[ine-pro|*klh₁-ro-|t=loud, sonorous]]; the shift from “loud” to “clear, bright” is paralleled in [[goh|hel|t=loud]] and [[m|de|hell|t=clearly resounding; shining]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Lucretius on;^(TLL) he writes that one thing will become clear from another, ''alid ex alio clarescet''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it poetic or post-Augustan prose.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of sound it is to become loud or audible, as in Virgil's “the sounds of arms grow loud”, ''clārēscunt sonitūs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of light it is to become bright, to shine or become visible: Seneca has the day growing bright, and Tacitus buildings shining with lights.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to become clear or plain to the understanding, in Lucretius and Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of character it is to become famous or notorious: Tacitus speaks of becoming famous by any crime and by great enmities, and Suetonius of two families of the Domitian clan that became illustrious.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It continues in Italian [[m|it|chiarire]].^(TLL) Church Latin has it as to shine forth, become clear or visible.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of becoming clear to the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of sounds growing loud.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca, of the day growing bright.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of becoming famous.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # Of sound: to become [[m|en|loud]] or [[m|en|audible]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To become bright, to [[m|en|shine]], become visible.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To become [[m|en|clear]] or plain to the understanding.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To become [[m|en|famous]] or notorious.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inclārēscō]]

+ * [[perclaresco]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[clārus]]

+ * [[clāreō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}