quiete Latin · revision 36692

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la quiētus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quiētē''' (comparative quiētius, superlative quiētissimē)^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|quiētus|-ē|t1=at rest, quiet]], the adverb of the adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010)^(Conte 2010) who in the ''Tusculan Disputations'' wants a person to bear whatever fortune brings ''aptē et quiētē'', fittingly and calmly.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it meant free from disturbance: Cicero speaks of living and spending one's life quietly,^(Georges 1913) Caesar of withdrawing ''quiētissimē'', in perfect quiet,^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) and Livy of fighting ''quiētius'', with less heat.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Of the mind it meant calmly or serenely,^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) and Macrobius contrasts eating ''quiētius'', unhurriedly, with greedy gulping.^(Georges 1913)

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+ Medieval Latin used it in the language of property: Niermeyer records the sense “without dispute”,^(Niermeyer 1976) and in British charters land was held ''quiētē'', free from services and claims, from a charter dated 866 (in an 11th-century copy) on;^(DMLBS) with ''clāmāre'' it meant to quitclaim, renounce a claim.^(DMLBS) William of Malmesbury still uses it of a king ruling undisturbed.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it for living and bearing fortune calmly.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar has the superlative ''quiētissimē''.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy has the comparative ''quiētius''.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * first half of the 5th century AD – Macrobius uses it of eating slowly.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 866 – A British charter (in an 11th-century copy) grants lands to be held ''līberē et quiētē''.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Without disturbance; [[m|en|quietly]], [[m|en|peacefully]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # [[m|en|calmly|alt=Calmly]], [[m|en|serenely]], without agitation.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Unhurriedly, slowly.^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|undisputed|alt=Undisputedly]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin, law)'' Free from services or claims, with [[m|en|immunity]]; with ''clāmāre'', to [[m|en|quitclaim]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}