densitas Latin · revision 7949

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēnsitās''' ''f'' (genitive dēnsitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dēnsus]] “thick, dense” with the suffix [[-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Livy, of thickness and of crowding.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant thickness, density, as Pliny the Elder's mud that thickens into density, and of paper, and in Livy a multitude, crowding together.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis and Short think it perhaps not ante-Augustan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Quintilian it meant density of style, frequency.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for darkness.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for thick growth, of woods.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''densità'' and French ''densité'', and French gave [[en|density]] about 1600.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of thickness and crowding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of mud and paper.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of style.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''density'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Thickness, [[m|en|density]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Multitude, crowding; of style, density.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Darkness.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēnsus]]

+ * [[en|density]]

+ * [[en|dense]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}