subitaneus Latin · revision 9146

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Columella|origins=la eō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sʊ.bɪˈtaː.ne.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [su.biˈtaː.ne.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''subitāneus''' (feminine subitānea, neuter subitāneum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[subitus]] “sudden” with the suffix [[-āneus]], ⟨subitus⟩ is the participle of [[subeō]] “to come up stealthily”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Columella, of a sudden shower.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler's first source is Seneca.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant happening without warning, sudden, as of rain in Columella and Seneca.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) The Vulgate also uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for unexpected, sudden, and of sudden death.^(DMLBS) Through Vulgar Latin ⟨*subitānus⟩, Old French ''sodain'' and Anglo-French ''sudein'' it gave [[en|sudden]] in the late 13th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|sudden|alt=Sudden]], unexpected.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[subitus]]

+ * [[subitō]]

+ * [[en|sudden]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}