tripertito Latin · revision 34183

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tripertītō''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''tripartītō'';^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Georges calls ''tripertītō'' the usual spelling now, and Gaffiot the better one.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tripertītus|-ō|t1=divided into three]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) The adjective, recorded from Varro on, is one of the derivatives that de Vaan lists under [[m|la|pars|t=part]],^(de Vaan 2008) and is made from [[m|la|tri-|t=three]] and the verb [[m|la|partiō|t=to divide]].^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) De Vaan reports Schrijver's explanation of the noun as [[itc-pro|*parti-|t=part]], formed before Latin from the present stem of [[m|la|pariō|t=to bring forth]], first meaning “lot, portion”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of dividing goods into three classes (''bona dividere tripertito'').^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means in or into three parts.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) In military use it means in three columns or at three points: Caesar advances ''tripertito'' and divides his cavalry into three bodies, and Livy has a city attacked at three points.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Tacitus says that Herod's sons ruled the people divided into three parts.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero divides goods ''tripertito''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of three columns and of cavalry in three bodies.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of attacking a city at three points.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of a people divided among Herod's sons.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In or into three parts.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(military)'' In three [[m|en|column|alt=columns]], at three points.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tripertītus]]

+ * [[pars]]

+ * [[partiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}