aliquantus Latin · revision 33678

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la alius, la quantus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [a.lɪˈkʷan.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [a.liˈkʷan.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aliquantus''' (feminine aliquanta, neuter aliquantum, adverb aliquantō); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ The neuter ''aliquantum'' is common as a noun and an adverb, beside the adverb ''aliquantō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ The plural is rare and late.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ali-|quantus|t2=how great]],^(Wiktionary) with the stem of [[m|la|alius|t=other]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who has a reply that something was done, “and a good deal, too”, ''et aliquantum quidem''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a certain amount of, some, or considerable, a middle term between much and little.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Sallust has “some fear, but greater hope”, ''timor aliquantus, sed spes amplior'', and Livy a considerable space or journey.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) The neuter ''aliquantum'' is used as a noun, often with a genitive: Cicero has some land, some money and gold, a good part of the night.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The plural, “a certain number of”, appears only in later writers such as Aurelius Victor and Eutropius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) The neuters ''aliquantum'' and ''aliquantō'' serve as adverbs, somewhat or considerably.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of an amount and with a partitive genitive.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust, of some fear.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of a considerable journey.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Some, a certain amount of; [[m|en|considerable]], not a little.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(plural, Late Latin)'' A certain number of, quite a few.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''aliquantum'': a certain amount, a good deal (of something).^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''aliquantum'', ''aliquantō'': [[m|en|somewhat]], to some extent, considerably.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aliquantillum]]

+ * [[aliquantīsper]]

+ * [[aliquantorsum]]

+ * [[aliquantulus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quantus]]

+ * [[aliquis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}