apricus Latin · revision 5576

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈpriː.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈpriː.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aprīcus''' (feminine aprīca, neuter aprīcum, comparative aprīcior, superlative aprīcissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is uncertain.^(TLL) Wiktionary and Lewis & Short derive it from an earlier *aperīcus, from [[aperiō]] “to open”, and the OLD considers the link possible.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Nussbaum, quoted by de Vaan, analyses it as a compound with *-Hkʷo- “looking”, “open-looking”, the opposite of [[opācus]] “shady”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cicero, and Köbler from Varro.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Cicero contrasts shady and sunny places.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant sunny, of places, climates or days, and warmed by the sun, basking, as Virgil's sea birds on a sunny rock and Horace's sun-loving flowers.^(OLD 2012) The neuter ''aprīcum'' was a sunny spot, and figuratively broad daylight, as in Horace.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval glosses explain it as summer warmth without wind, and as sheltered or genial.^(DMLBS) It survives in [[it|aprico]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero contrasts shady and sunny places.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil speaks of sea birds basking in the sun.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Sunny]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Basking, warmed by the sun.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (neuter as noun) A sunny place, (figurative) the light of day.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[āprīcitās]]

+ * [[apricum]]

+ * [[āprīcātiō]]

+ * [[aprīcō]]

+ * [[aprīcor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[opācus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}