flagrans Latin · revision 9309

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la flagrō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfɫa.ɡrãːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈflaː.ɡrans]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''flagrāns''' (genitive flagrantis); third-declension one-termination participle^(Wiktionary)

+ Apuleius has ''fraglāns''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the present participle of [[flagrō]] “to blaze, burn”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and the OLD cites Cicero for burning with desire.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it meant flaming, blazing, as in Propertius; of the sun or heat scorching, intense, as in Horace, and Livy has ''flagrantissimō aestū'' “at the height of summer”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it meant burning with desire, ardent, and in Tacitus of a person in the ascendant and of crimes outrageous, flagrant.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It gave [[en|flagrant]] about 1500, first “resplendent”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of scorching heat.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of outrageous crimes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1500 – English ''flagrant'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Blazing, burning; scorching.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Ardent, eager.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Outrageous, [[m|en|flagrant]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[flagrō]]

+ * [[flamma]]

+ * [[en|flagrant]]

+ * [[en|conflagration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}