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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈdʊs.tri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈdus.tri.us]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''industrius''' (feminine industria, neuter industrium, comparative industrior or industriior); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is apparently from the archaic prefix [[indu]] “in, within” and [[struō]] “to build”, with the suffix [[-ius]]: Festus records an archaic form [[m|la|indostruus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis and Short explain it as “building within”, active within.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary mentions a less likely link with [[goh|ustrī|t=industry]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Plautus, who has the comparative ''industrior''.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant diligent, active, zealous, assiduous, as Cicero's ''homō gnāvus et industrius'' and Tacitus' energetic men.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Cato has the comparative ''industriior''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Medieval Latin it meant assiduous, energetic, and was used in royal style.^(DMLBS) [[en|industry]] came in the late 15th century from its noun [[industria]] “diligence”, and [[en|industrious]] in the 1550s.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses the comparative ''industrior''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses the comparative ''industriior''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of an active man.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 15th century – English ''industry'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # [[m|en|Diligent]], active, zealous, [[m|en|industrious]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[industria]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[struō]]
+ * [[īnstruō]]
+ * [[en|industry]]
+ * [[en|industrious]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}