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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkreː.bɛr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkrɛː.ber]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''crēber''' (feminine crēbra, neuter crēbrum, comparative crēbrior, superlative crēberrimus, adverb crēbrē or crēbriter or crēbrō); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is probably related to [[crēscō]] “to grow”, from [[ine-pro|*ḱreh₁-|t=to grow]] with the suffix *-rós, though the ⟨b⟩ is unexplained.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Cato, of things set close together.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant set at short intervals, close together, as Lucretius' dense forest and Caesar's trees, of actions frequent, repeated, as in Terence, and numerous in quick succession, as of hail and blows in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant numerous, abundant, crowded with something, as in Virgil, dense, and of writers packed with thought, and making frequent use of something, as in Cato.^(OLD 2012) Gellius has the superlative ''crēbrissimus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein says [[saepe]] means “often” as opposed to once, while ''crēbrō'' and ''frequenter'' mean in quick succession.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant thick, close, frequent, numerous, abundant.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant numerous, close-set, frequent.^(DMLBS) Italian ''crebro'' is a borrowing.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of closely set things.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of frequent actions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of a dense forest.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Close-set, [[m|en|dense]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|Frequent]], repeated.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Numerous; abundant.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Crowded, packed (with).^(OLD 2012)
+ # Making frequent use (of).^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[crēbrātus]]
+ * [[crēbrēscō]]
+ * [[crēbrinōdus]]
+ * [[crēbritās]]
+ * [[crēbritūdō]]
+ * [[incrēbrō]]
+ * [[crēbra]]
+ * [[crēbrē]]
+ * [[crēbriter]]
+ * [[crēbrō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[crēscō]]
+ * [[saepe]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}