compluriens Latin · revision 36082

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *pleh₁-ios-}}

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ It is also written ⟨complūriēs⟩,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) and with the prefix spelled ⟨conp-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|complūrēs|-iēns|t1=several]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) De Vaan lists it, with [[m|la|complūrēs]], among the derivatives of [[m|la|plūs|t=more]],^(de Vaan 2008) whose comparative goes back to [[itc-pro|*ple/o(H)is]] and [[ine-pro|*pleh₁-ios-|t=more]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|πλέων|tr=pléōn|t=more]], [[sga|lia|t=more]] and [[non|fleiri|t=more]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) whose ''Persa'' uses it.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means several times, more than once.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Lewis and Short count it as pre-classical:^(Lewis & Short 1879) after Plautus, Cato uses it in his ''Origines'' and his speeches,^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) and later Gellius discusses Cato's and Plautus' uses of it and uses it himself.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it in the ''Persa''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it in his ''Origines'' and speeches.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius discusses it and uses it himself.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Several times, a good number of times, [[m|en|often]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[complūrēs]]

+ * [[plūs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}