aliquatenus Latin · revision 34207

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=43/44 AD, Mela|origins=la aliquis, la tenus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [a.lɪˈkʷaː.tɛ.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [a.liˈkʷaː.te.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|aliquā|tenus|t1=by some way|t2=as far as]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The TLL instead analyses it as [[m|la|ali-]] and [[m|la|quātenus|t=how far]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Mela,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of space: Asia ''aliquatenus solida processit'', “stretched on for some distance as solid land”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis and Short call it post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Mela it means for a certain distance, some way, and the OLD also gives the sense for a certain while.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of actions it means to a certain degree, in some measure: Columella uses it of a vine that has gained some strength, and Seneca of allowing oneself to grieve and fear up to a point.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Quintilian, Pliny the Elder and the Digest use it in the sense in some respects, partly.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to a certain degree, somewhat, partly.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval British writers use it of “to some extent”, and in negative sentences of “at all”: Anselm writes of his soul ''vidit te aliquatenus, sed non vidit te sicut es'', “it saw you to some extent, but did not see you as you are”.^(DMLBS) The grammarians note that its penultimate syllable is short and that it is pronounced under one accent.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43/44 AD – Mela uses it of distance.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of degree.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it in the sense partly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 533 AD – The Digest uses it of partial guilt.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # For a certain [[m|en|distance]] or while, some way, up to a point.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To a certain [[m|en|degree]] or extent, in some measure, somewhat.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # In some respects, [[m|en|partly]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' In negative sentences, at all.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aliquis]]

+ * [[tenus]]

+ * [[quātenus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}