verbosus Latin · revision 34429

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɛrˈboː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [verˈbɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''verbōsus''' (feminine verbōsa, neuter verbōsum, comparative verbōsior); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|verbum|-ōsus|t1=word]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The noun goes back to [[itc-pro|*werþo-|t=word]], which de Vaan, following Hackstein, analyses as an old compound meaning “making a statement”;^(de Vaan 2008) its cognates include [[lt|var̃das]] and [[goh|wort|t=word]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest quotations are Catullus's and Cicero's, who calls part of a speech ''multo verbosior'', far wordier;^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) de Vaan dates it from Varro.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means full of words, prolix, of speeches, letters and laws: Cicero calls a letter of his perhaps wordier than his friend would like, and Ovid speaks of ''verbosae leges''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of people it is long-winded or talkative: Catullus uses it beside ''fatuus'', foolish, Ovid has the ''verbosum forum'', and Suetonius says Caligula criticised Livy as wordy and careless.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apuleius applies it to a talkative gull.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Ecclesiastical Latin keeps it,^(Stelten 1995) and medieval writers in Britain use it of speeches, writings and people, as Alcuin's advice not to fight the wordy with words.^(DMLBS) Italian has [[m|it|verboso]] from it.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses the comparative of a speech and a letter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it of people.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius reports Caligula calling Livy ''verbosus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Containing many words, [[m|en|prolix]], lengthy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of people: [[m|en|long-winded]], [[m|en|talkative]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[verbum]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The adverb is [[verbōsē]], “at length”, used by Cicero and Quintilian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}