prolixe Latin · revision 36569

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=la prōlixus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [proːˈlɪk.seː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [proˈlik.se]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōlixē''' (comparative prōlixius, superlative prōlixissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prōlixus|-ē|t1=extended, long; generous]], the adverb of that adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Terence is the first to use it,^(Köbler 2010) for abundance and generosity: in the ''Eunuchus'' nobody entertains better or more lavishly, ''nēmō melius prōrsus neque prōlixius'',^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and in the ''Heauton Timorumenos'' it describes hair spread loosely about the head.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Cicero it means fully and amply, often joined with ''cumulātē'', and also willingly: he writes that the colonists of Campania were answering the levy without much eagerness, ''parum prōlixē''.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Tacitus, Fronto and Gellius use it with verbs of speaking and writing for at length or in detail,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and Apuleius of things extending far in space, as trees leafy all over.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Suetonius has the comparative for favouring something too much.^(Georges 1913)^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Christian Latin it meant freely, abundantly or earnestly,^(Stelten 1995) and in medieval Latin chiefly at great length, of speech and writing, or for a long time.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it for lavish hospitality.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it for full measure and for willingness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of speaking at length.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses the comparative for wanting to know something in more detail.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of extension in space.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 1074 – Lanfranc regrets not having written more, and at greater length.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # So as to extend a long way in space.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # At length, in [[m|en|detail]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ # [[m|en|abundantly|alt=Abundantly]], amply, [[m|en|lavishly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # [[m|en|generously|alt=Generously]], kindly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|willingly|alt=Willingly]], [[m|en|wholeheartedly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' For a long time.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōlixus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}