accuratus Latin · revision 34549

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accūrātus''' (feminine accūrāta, neuter accūrātum); first/second-declension adjective; comparative ''accūrātior'', superlative ''accūrātissimus''^(OLD 2012)

+ Also spelled ''adcūrātus''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the past participle [[der|la|accūrō|t=to take care of]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) The verb is formed from [[m|la|ad-|t=to]] and [[m|la|cūra|t=care]] or [[m|la|cūrō|t=to take care of]].^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who has ''malitiam accuratam'', a carefully worked-out trick.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Cicero it describes careful speech and writing: ''accuratius dicendi genus'', a more polished style of speaking, and very careful letters.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913) Livy has a stricter levy, and Gellius says that Demosthenes was thought too elaborate in dress.^(Conte 2010) Georges notes that it is used only of things, while [[dīligēns]] is used of persons.^(Georges 1913) Ecclesiastical Latin uses it in the sense “accurate, exact”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a carefully worked-out trick.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of polished speech and careful letters.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of overelaborate dress.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Carefully done or prepared, studied, [[m|en|meticulous]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(of speech and writing)'' [[m|en|polished|alt=Polished]], elaborate, detailed.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|accurate|alt=Accurate]], exact.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accūrō]]

+ * [[accūrātē]]

+ * [[cūra]]

+ * [[it|accurato]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}