apparens Latin · revision 8205

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Vitruvius|origins=la pāreō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈap.pa.rẽːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈap.pa.rens]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''appārēns''' (genitive appārentis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adpārens''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle of [[appāreō]] “to appear”, from [[ad-]] and [[pāreō]] “to appear, obey”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Vitruvius, of what is visible.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant exposed to view, visible, and perceptible by the senses, as in Vitruvius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Medieval Latin, in Albertus Magnus and others, used it as an adjective, visible, apparent.^(Köbler 2010) It survives in Italian and Spanish ''aparente'', ''apparente'' and French ''apparent'', and through Old French it gave [[en|apparent]] in the late 14th century, first meaning “indisputable”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of the visible.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 13th century – Albertus Magnus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''apparent'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Visible.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Perceptible, [[m|en|apparent]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[appāreō]]

+ * [[en|apparent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}