adaeque Latin · revision 36539

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la aequus}}

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|aequē|t2=equally]],^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) built on the adverb of [[m|la|aequus|t=level, equal]], for which de Vaan finds no convincing etymology.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary suggests instead that it may be a back-formation from [[m|la|adaequō|t=to make equal]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) always with a negative such as ''nēmō'', ''numquam'' or ''neque'', which gives the clause a comparative sense:^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''numquam ecastor ūllō diē rīsī adaequē'' “by Castor, I never laughed so much on any day”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is mostly a word of early and late Latin;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short note that Cicero never uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) With Plautus it can take an ablative of comparison and even a comparative adjective,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) and it can be followed by ''atque'' or ''ut'' “as”.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) A passage of Livy has it in some editions, but Madvig read ''adaequārī'' there.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ The TLL notes that it is not found in affirmative clauses before Apuleius and the grammarian Juba.^(TLL) Apuleius uses it often, of things equal to others and in the sense “also, likewise”;^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Fronto, Ambrosiaster, Hilary of Poitiers and the Theodosian Code also have it.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it in negative comparisons.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 100–170 AD – Fronto uses it of Trajan's popularity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it in affirmative clauses and in the sense “also”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 3rd third of the 4th century AD – Ambrosiaster uses it of appointing a bishop and a deacon alike.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|equally|alt=Equally]], to the same extent, as, so; with Plautus mostly after a negative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Also, [[m|en|likewise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aequē]]

+ * [[adaequō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}