peraeque Latin · revision 34665

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''peraequē''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|aequē|t2=equally]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) The adverb [[m|la|aequē]] comes from [[m|la|aequus|t=level, equal]], for which de Vaan reconstructs a form ⟨*aikwos⟩ but finds no convincing etymology.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Cicero on,^(TLL) who uses it of things that are the same throughout: in the ''Verrines'' he tells the jurors they will find the same state of affairs ''peraequē in omnī agrō decumānō'', in every district paying the tithe.^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to the same extent throughout, equally, and with ''omnēs'' all alike: Cicero says that very few have excelled ''peraequē'' in all three styles of speaking.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The TLL notes that in verse it occurs only twice;^(TLL) Catullus and Propertius use it, Propertius in the sense “invariably”.^(Conte 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ Varro and Cornelius Nepos use it of reckoning so as to make things even, that is on average: Nepos says that Atticus spent three thousand sesterces a month ''peraequē''.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) In the Medieval Latin of Britain it meant equally in every respect.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of an average yield of honey.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of things the same throughout.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it in verse.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Cornelius Nepos uses it of an average monthly expense.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # To the same extent throughout, [[m|en|uniformly]], [[m|en|equally]]; with ''omnēs'', all alike.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # Alike in all cases, [[m|en|invariably]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # So as to make things even, on [[m|en|average]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aequē]]

+ * [[aequus]]

+ * [[adaequē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}