plene Latin · revision 34025

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɫeː.neː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈplɛː.ne]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''plēnē''' (comparative plēnius, superlative plēnissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|plēnus|-ē|t1=full]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who writes to his brother, if you cannot avoid this entirely.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means entirely, completely, as in Cicero, and in full measure, abundantly: Horace speaks of baths that a man praises as making a life fully happy.^(OLD 2012) It is also lavishly, as an inscription records games given most generously, and of sound with a fuller tone, as Horace's Alcaeus sounding more fully on his golden plectrum.^(OLD 2012) In law the jurist Javolenus says an emperor's favour should be interpreted as widely as possible.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of doing something completely.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of a full life and a fuller sound.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|entirely|alt=Entirely]], [[m|en|completely]], [[m|en|fully]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In full measure, [[m|en|abundantly]]; lavishly; with a full sound.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' Widely, in a wide sense.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plenus|alt=plēnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}