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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *seh₁-to-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈseː.ti.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsɛt.t͡si.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sētius''' (comparative, no positive form)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is sometimes spelled ''sēcius''.^(OLD 2012)

+ Gellius quotes a line of Plautus with ''sectius''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*sēto-|t=late, slow]] with a comparative suffix: de Vaan explains the adverb as an ⟨-io-⟩ derivative of that adjective, from [[ine-pro|*seh₁-to-|t=late, slow]], perhaps from the same root as [[m|la|sērus|t=late]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The OLD gives the link with [[m|la|sērus]] only as possible.^(OLD 2012) Cognates include [[sga|sith-|t=continuous]], [[cy|hyd|t=length]] and [[ang|sīd|t=long]].^(de Vaan 2008) It was sometimes written ⟨secius⟩, as if it were a comparative of [[m|la|secus#2|t=otherwise]], which brought it close to the real comparative [[m|la|sequius]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, whose ''Cistellaria'' has it in the sense “later, more slowly”: a speaker delays himself by doing this.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “later, more slowly” is rare; the OLD marks it as apparent only.^(OLD 2012) In negative contexts it means to a lesser degree or less readily, as in Lucretius.^(OLD 2012) With ''quō'' and the subjunctive it means so as to delay or prevent something, as in an inscription (CIL 1.584).^(OLD 2012) The commonest use is ''nihilō sētius'' and similar phrases, “none the less, all the same”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Perhaps under the influence of ''secus'' it also came to mean “otherwise”, as already in Plautus' ''Captivi''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of doing something later or slower, and in the sense “otherwise”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, in a negative clause, “less readily”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Later, more slowly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(in negative contexts)'' To a lesser degree, less readily.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''quō sētius'' (with the subjunctive), so as to delay or [[m|en|prevent]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''nihilō sētius'', [[m|en|nonetheless|alt=none the less]], all the same.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Otherwise.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sērus]]

+ * [[secus#2]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}