instanter Latin · revision 35879

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 35–95/96 AD, Quintilian|origins=la stō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnstanter''' (comparative īnstantius, superlative īnstantissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|īnstāns|-ter|t1=pressing, urgent]],^(OLD 2012) from the present participle of [[m|la|īnstō|t=to press on, urge]],^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) a compound of [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|stō|t=to stand]].^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces the simple verb to [[itc-pro|*sta-ē-je/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*sth₂-eh₁-ie/o-|t=to stand]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It appears in Quintilian and Pliny the Younger;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Quintilian speaks of beginning several clauses “sharply and insistently” (''ācriter et instanter'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it means vehemently, urgently, insistently;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tacitus has the comparative of men fighting more fiercely, and Gellius the superlative of eager desire.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Medieval Latin kept the sense “urgently, insistently”, as in a papal letter in the correspondence of Boniface and in Bede,^(DMLBS) and added the sense “immediately, instantly”: British sources use it in this sense from 1217 on.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of speaking insistently.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses the comparative.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses the superlative.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 722 – A papal letter to Boniface uses the superlative.^(DMLBS)

+ * 1217 – An English Patent Roll uses it in the sense “immediately”.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|vehemently|alt=Vehemently]], [[m|en|urgently]], insistently.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|immediately|alt=Immediately]], instantly.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnstō]]

+ * [[īnstantia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}