semplicemente Italian · revision 38080

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=before 1292, Bono Giamboni|origins=la simplex}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /sem.pli.t͡ʃeˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|it|semplice|-mente|t1=simple]].^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The adjective is a learned word from [[la|simplex|t=single, simple]], formed with [[m|la|sem-|t=one, once]] and the root of [[m|la|plicō|t=to fold]], as [[duplice]] is from “duplex”.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) Latin had the adverb [[m|la|simpliciter]], which Tommaseo gives as the model.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is in Bono Giamboni's ''Libro de' vizî e delle virtudi'', before 1292, in the sense “in a simple way”.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) Brunetto Latini's ''Rettorica'' uses it for considering a thing “simply in its own nature”.^(GDLI|18, 608)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old forms include ''sempicemente'', ''simplicemente'' and Guittone's ''simpricimente''.^(GDLI|18, 608)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) In Dante's ''Convivio'' most people know things ''semplicemente di fuori'', only from the outside, and in medieval moral and legal prose the adverb meant “absolutely, without qualification”.^(GDLI|18, 608)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ The restrictive sense “only, merely” is dated by DELI to 1673, in Paolo Segneri.^(DELI 1999) Today the word also strengthens a judgement, “really, truly” (''semplicemente perfetto''), and describes a sober, unaffected manner of speaking, dressing or living.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1292 – Bono Giamboni uses ''semplicemente'' “in a simple way”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1304–1307 – Dante's ''Convivio''.^(GDLI|18, 608)

+ * 1673 – “Only, merely” in Paolo Segneri.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In a simple way, easily: ''L'esercizio si risolve semplicemente.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Naturally, plainly, without affectation; soberly: ''Si veste semplicemente ma con gusto.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # Only, [[m|en|merely]], just: ''Volevo semplicemente sapere come stai.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(intensifying)'' Really, truly: ''Il concerto è stato semplicemente straordinario.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[semplice]]

+ * [[semplicità]]

+ * [[semplificare]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}