cras Latin · revision 4905

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkraːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkras]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*krās]], of uncertain origin.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) No PIE word for “tomorrow” can be reconstructed, but de Vaan suggests it may be an old genitive *ḱreh₂-(e)s of [[ine-pro|*ḱer-h₂-|t=head]], “at the front”, hence “tomorrow”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The comparison with Avestan words for “early morning”, made by Walde–Hofmann, does not work formally.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xfa|cra|t=tomorrow]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was tomorrow, as Cicero's ''crās māne'' “tomorrow morning”, also as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In poetry it was the future, as in Horace's “avoid asking what tomorrow will bring”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Its derivative [[crāstinus]] “of tomorrow” is in ''prōcrāstināre'' “to put off till tomorrow”, the source of English ''procrastinate''.^(Etymonline) It survives in archaic [[it|crai]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of the future.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English ''procrastinate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|Tomorrow]], ''(as a noun)'' the morrow.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(poetic)'' In the [[m|en|future]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[crāstinus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|procrastinate]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Isidore defines it simply as “what comes after”.^(Isidore)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}