gloriosus Latin · revision 8187

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɡɫoː.riˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ɡlo.riˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''glōriōsus''' (feminine glōriōsa, neuter glōriōsum, comparative glōriōsior, superlative glōriōsissimus, adverb glōriōsē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[glōria]] “glory” with the suffix [[-ōsus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a boaster.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Naevius, whom he dates c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant boastful, vainglorious, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant glorious, illustrious, and eager for glory.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant glorious, full of glory.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of famous people, as an epithet of sovereigns and popes.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian and Spanish ''glorioso'', and through Anglo-French it gave [[en|glorious]] in the late 13th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the illustrious.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 13th century – English ''glorious'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Boastful, [[m|en|vainglorious]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Glorious]], illustrious.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Eager for glory.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ingloriosus]]

+ * [[praegloriosus]]

+ * [[superglōriōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[glōria]]

+ * [[glōriātiō]]

+ * [[glōrior]]

+ * [[glōriōsē]]

+ * [[en|glorious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}