argutus Latin · revision 8470

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [arˈɡuː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [arˈɡuː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''argūtus''' (feminine argūta, neuter argūtum, comparative argūtior, superlative argūtissimus, adverb argūtē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle of [[arguō]] “to make clear, prove”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a chatterer.^(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 producing sharp, clear sounds, of birds and cicadas, as in Varro, and in Horace clear-voiced, melodious.^(OLD 2012) In Pliny the Elder it was used of keen smells, in Plautus of the talkative, in Cicero of expressive eyes or gestures, and in Horace of the quick-witted, shrewd.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''arguto'' “witty”, and was borrowed as [[en|argute]].^(Wiktionary) The verb ''arguō'' gave [[en|argue]] through Old French about 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of the melodious and the shrewd.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Clear-sounding; chirping.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Melodious.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Pungent.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Talkative.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Expressive.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Quick-witted, [[m|en|shrewd]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[argūtia]]

+ * [[argūtulus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[arguō]]

+ * [[argūmentum]]

+ * [[en|argute]]

+ * [[en|argue]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}