ultimo Latin · revision 34189

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 20 BC–30 AD, Velleius Paterculus|origins=la ultimus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈʊɫ.tɪ.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈul.ti.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ultimō''' (not comparable)^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ultimus|-ō|t1=last, farthest]].^(OLD 2012)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) De Vaan derives the adjective from [[itc-pro|*ol-tamo-]] and [[ine-pro|*h2ol-tmHo-|t=furthest, last]], “most to that side”, from the root also found in [[m|la|olle]], the older form of [[m|la|ille]].^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[osc|últiumam|t=last]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest author cited for it is Velleius Paterculus.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means finally, at the end, last of all.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) Petronius and Suetonius use it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) Köbler records it in medieval Latin with the senses lately, recently, from about 1240.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius Paterculus uses it.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it in the ''Life of Nero''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1240 – Köbler finds it in the sense “lately”.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|finally|alt=Finally]], at last, last of all.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Lately, [[m|en|recently]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ulterior]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A verb ''ultimō, ultimāre'' “to come to an end”, also from [[ultimus]], appears in Tertullian: ''cum ultimarent tempora patriae'', “when the times of the fatherland were drawing to a close”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}