sollerter Latin · revision 34411

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sɔlˈlɛr.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [solˈlɛr.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sollerter''' (comparative ''sollertius'', superlative ''sollertissimē'').^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ Also spelled ''sōlerter''.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sollers|-ter|t1=skilful, ingenious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The adjective is a compound of [[m|la|sollus|t=whole, entire]] and [[m|la|ars|t=skill]], from ⟨*soll-arti-⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨sollus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*solno-|t=whole]] and, with some uncertainty about the preform, to [[ine-pro|*sol(h₂)-no-|t=whole]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it in the ''De legibus'' and the superlative ''sollertissime'' in the Verrines.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means cleverly, skilfully or resourcefully.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Cicero has the comparative ''sollertius'' in the ''De natura deorum'', and Ovid and Tacitus use the comparative too;^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) Livy has the positive, and Apuleius the superlative.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ In medieval Latin from Britain it also means diligently or assiduously: Bede uses it of careful instruction in metrics, and Asser says that King Alfred kept his handbook by him day and night ''solertissime''.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in the ''De legibus'' and the Verrines.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses the comparative.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 8th century – Bede uses it in the sense “diligently”.^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 893 – Asser uses the superlative of Alfred's handbook.^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|cleverly|alt=Cleverly]], [[m|en|skilfully]], [[m|en|resourcefully]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|diligently|alt=Diligently]], assiduously.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sollers]]

+ * [[sollertia]]

+ * [[sollus]]

+ * [[ars]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}