tripertitus Latin · revision 35723

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la pars}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [trɪ.pɛrˈtiː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [tri.perˈtiː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tripertītus''' (feminine tripertīta, neuter tripertītum, adverb tripertītō); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tri-|partītus|t1=three|t2=divided]], the perfect participle of [[m|la|partiō|t=to share, divide]];^(OLD 2012)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) it is also spelled ⟨tripart-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan lists it, from Varro on, among the derivatives of [[m|la|pars|t=part]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Georges record it first in Varro.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “divided into three parts, threefold”, a rare word but used in good prose.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero writes that a part of his case will be divided into three in the accusation, and of the shores of the world marked out in three regions.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Seneca says that philosophy is threefold, Tacitus speaks of an army in three divisions, and the Institutes of Justinian of private law as tripartite.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913)

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+ As a title, ''Tripertīta'' was a legal work by Sextus Aelius and a comedy by Novius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero divides a part of his case into three.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca calls philosophy threefold.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus speaks of an army in three divisions.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Divided into three parts, [[m|en|tripartite]], [[m|en|threefold]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The adverb is [[tripertītō]], “in three parts”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}