fundatus Latin · revision 34580

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *bʰudʰ-n-ó-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fundātus''' (feminine fundāta, neuter fundātum, comparative fundātior, superlative fundātissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the perfect participle [[der|la|fundō#2|t=to lay the foundations of, found]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) That verb is derived from [[m|la|fundus|t=bottom]],^(de Vaan 2008) which goes back to [[itc-pro|*fundo-]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰudʰ-n-ó-|t=bottom]].^(de Vaan 2008) The noun's cognates include [[sa|बुध्न|tr=budhná-|t=bottom, foot, root]] and [[grc|πυθμήν|tr=puthmḗn|t=bottom, depth, root]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero, in the speech ''De domo sua'', has the superlative in ''subitas fundatissimae familiae ruinas'', “the sudden ruin of a most firmly established family”.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Vitruvius uses the comparative of plaster work laid on a sound base, the literal sense “having secure foundations”.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Hilary of Poitiers speaks of a ladder set firmly on the earth.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a firmly established family.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of plaster work with a sound base.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 315–367/368 AD – Hilary of Poitiers uses it of a ladder set firm on the earth.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having secure [[m|en|foundation|alt=foundations]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Securely [[m|en|established]], firmly founded.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fundus]]

+ * [[fundāmentum]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Niermeyer records a medieval ''fundatus'' used of fabrics interwoven with gold wire or having a golden border.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}