aliquamdiu Latin · revision 34037

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aliquamdiū''' (not comparable)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''aliquandiū''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ It is sometimes written separately.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|aliquam|diū|t2=for a long time]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The TLL divides it instead as [[m|la|ali-]] with [[m|la|quamdiū|t=how long]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler and the TLL date it from Cicero, whose speeches against Verres have it.^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means for some time, for a considerable time.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Pomponius Mela transfers it from time to space, from a traveller's point of view: a cave is clear for a good way, and the Rhône separates the Gauls for a considerable distance.^(OLD 2012) Manuscripts often spell it ''aliquandiū'', as the palimpsest of Fronto and almost always the Memmianus of Suetonius, while a bronze edict of Claudius has ''aliquamdiū''.^(TLL) Church Latin glosses it for a little while.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Pomponius Mela of distance.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # For some time, for a considerable time, for a [[m|en|while]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # For a considerable distance.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aliquis]]

+ * [[diu|alt=diū]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}