parate Latin · revision 34346

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la parō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [paˈraː.teː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [paˈraː.te]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''parātē''' (comparative parātius, superlative parātissimē, adjective parātus)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|parātus#1|-ē|t1=prepared, ready]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|parātus#1]] is the participle of [[m|la|parō|t=to prepare]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*parāje/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*prh₃-o-|t=providing]], most often explained as a verb made from a noun; he compares [[grc|ἔπορον|tr=époron|t=provided, gave]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) where in the ''Epidicus'' one character announces a trick with a crafty lute girl who will fool two old men, and the other exclaims ''ut parate!'', “how well planned!”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Plautus it means with all precautions taken.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it of speaking after due preparation, as in ''paratius atque accuratius dicere'', and of an orator who came to speak more boldly than prepared;^(OLD 2012) Seneca says that one who acts so readily surely acts gladly.^(OLD 2012) From this comes the sense “without hesitation, readily”: Cicero says that men should fight more readily for honour and glory than for other advantages,^(OLD 2012) and Pliny the Younger has the superlative ''paratissime''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a well-laid plan.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of prepared speaking and of readiness to fight.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of acting readily.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With due [[m|en|preparation]]; with every precaution taken.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Without hesitation, [[m|en|readily]], [[m|en|promptly]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}