amplus Latin · revision 5232

+ {{infobox|confidence=disputed|attested=Livius Andronicus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈam.pɫʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈam.plus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''amplus''' (feminine ampla, neuter amplum, comparative amplior, superlative amplissimus, adverb amplē or ampliter); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is disputed.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan considers [[itc-pro|*am-lo-|t=seizable]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃mh₃-|t=to grab]], related to [[ampla]] “handle”, with the same change of *-ml- to *-mpl- as in [[exemplum]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) He notes, however, that *amalos would not normally have been shortened early enough for that change.^(de Vaan 2008) Another suggestion is *ambi-plus “full on both sides”, from [[m|la|ambi-]].^(Wiktionary) Lewis and Short mention older comparisons with [[grc|ἀνάπλεως|tr=anápleōs|t=full]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Livius Andronicus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of a large purple robe.^(OLD 2012) Köbler places his career before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant large in size, spacious, and then magnificent, large in number or amount, and abundant.^(OLD 2012) With abstract nouns it meant great or intense, of the mind generous, and of honours and persons distinguished, as in the title ''vir amplissimus''.^(OLD 2012) Of orators it meant copious, and of words full of meaning.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Döderlein groups it with [[magnus]] and [[grandis]] as words for a fitting greatness, as opposed to [[ingēns]] and [[vastus]], which suggest an overwhelming size.^(Döderlein 1874) Its derivatives include [[amplificō]], [[amplitūdō]] and [[amplius]] “more”.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''ample'' it gave [[en|ample]] in the mid-15th century, and it survives in [[es|ancho|t=wide]].^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it of a purple robe.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it of a large, fierce man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of a spacious house.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''ample'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Large, big, [[m|en|spacious]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|magnificent]], splendid.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Large in number; abundant, plentiful.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (with abstract nouns) Great, intense.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Generous; honourable.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Distinguished, eminent.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of orators, words) Copious; full of meaning.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[amplificō]]

+ * [[amplificus]]

+ * [[ampliō]]

+ * [[amplitūdō]]

+ * [[ampliusculus]]

+ * [[amplo]]

+ * [[peramplus]]

+ * [[amplē]]

+ * [[ampliter]]

+ * [[amplius]]

+ * [[examplō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[amō]]

+ * [[ampla]]

+ * [[en|ample]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}