divitiae Latin · revision 6293

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la dīves}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [diːˈwɪ.ti.ae̯]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈvit.t͡si.e]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīvitiae''' ''f pl'' (genitive dīvitiārum); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dīves]] “rich” with the suffix [[-ia]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) Accius has a singular ⟨dīvitiam⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of wealth.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant wealth, riches, abundance of money or possessions, as in Plautus and Cicero, of ornaments, and ''in dīvitiās venīre'' “to come into money”, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant an abundance of natural products, and of intellectual gifts, as Cicero's ''dīvitiae ingeniī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Döderlein says ''dīvitiae'' and [[gāza|alt=gazae]] are riches in general, while [[ops|alt=opēs]] are means of power.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant riches, wealth, also figuratively.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of wealth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses the singular.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of wealth and of talent.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Wealth]], [[m|en|riches]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # An abundance (of natural products, of talent).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dīves]]

+ * [[ops]]

+ * [[gāza]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}