condigne Latin · revision 36875

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *deḱ-no-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''condignē''' (not comparable); adverb^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|condignus|-ē|t1=very worthy, befitting]], an adverb.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) The adjective is formed from [[m|la|com-]] and [[m|la|dīgnus|t=worthy]],^(OLD 2012) which de Vaan places with [[m|la|decet|t=it is fitting]] and traces to [[ine-pro|*deḱ-no-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(Köbler 2010)^(Georges 1913) both on its own, meaning “fittingly”, and with an ablative: ''condignē tē'', “in a way worthy of you”.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word is rare: after Plautus it appears in Gellius, in a letter of Marcus Aurelius to Fronto and in Apuleius.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Medieval British writers use it of a crime or an excess that is to be punished as it deserves.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it with an ablative.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1231 – An English record asks how so great an excess should be suitably punished by church censure.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In a fitting manner, [[m|en|worthily]], [[m|en|appropriately]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(with ablative)'' In a manner worthy of (someone).^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dignē]]

+ * [[dignus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}