uspiam Latin · revision 34750

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈʊs.pi.ãː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈus.pi.am]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably [[af|la|ut|-pe|iam|t1=as, so that|t3=now, already]],^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) with ⟨ut⟩ enlarged by /s/, as in [[osc|puz]] and [[xum|puze|t=as, so that]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) The ending is the same as in [[quispiam]], and [[usquam]] is formed alike with ⟨-quam⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(de Vaan 2008) in a line asking to look around first in case there is an ambush anywhere.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means somewhere or anywhere, especially in conditional clauses, as in Cicero's “whether that law is written somewhere or nowhere”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical, used mostly in affirmative clauses, in contrast to [[usquam]].^(Lewis & Short 1879) After negatives it is found in Livy and Apuleius, and Apuleius has it with a partitive genitive (''uspiam gentium'').^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of an ambush anywhere.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in conditional clauses.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it after a negative.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it with a partitive genitive.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|somewhere|alt=Somewhere]], [[m|en|anywhere]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # After negatives, anywhere (else).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quispiam]]

+ * [[usquam]]

+ * [[nusquam]]

+ * [[usque]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}