strictim Latin · revision 36797

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈstrɪk.tĩː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈstrik.tim]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|strictus|t=drawn tight, close]] with the adverbial suffix [[m|la|-im]],^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) and that participle belongs to [[m|la|stringō|t=to draw tight]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) meaning “close to the skin”: ''utrum strictimne attōnsūrum dīcam esse an per pectinem nesciō'', “I don't know whether to say he will shear him close or over the comb”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The literal sense “closely, tightly” is rare and occurs before and after the classical period, in Plautus, Palladius and Apuleius.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The figurative sense “briefly, cursorily” is common in classical prose, in Varro, Cicero, Quintilian and Suetonius,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) and Cicero also uses it for looking at something only superficially.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it both for “closely, tightly” and for “summarily”, and later also for “exactly”, of measurements.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of shearing close to the skin.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of things said briefly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of speaking briefly and of a superficial look.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 1420 – A York record uses it for exact measurements.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Close to the body or skin, closely, [[m|en|tightly]]; compactly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|cursorily|alt=Cursorily]], [[m|en|summarily]], briefly; superficially.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Exactly, precisely.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[strictus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}