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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=back-formation|attested=Valerius Flaccus|origins=la sēparō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈseː.paːr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsɛː.par]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēpār''' (genitive sēparis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Only the ablative singular ''sēpare'' is found in quotations.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Wiktionary and Etymonline take it as a back-formation from [[sēparō]] “to separate”, and the OLD analyses it as [[sē-]] “apart” and [[pār]] “equal”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot and Köbler cite Valerius Flaccus, of the late 1st century AD.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant distinct, separate, different, a post-Augustan, mostly poetic word, as in Valerius Flaccus and Statius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for distinct, separate.^(DMLBS) Its Medieval Latin derivative ''sēparālis'' “separable” gave Anglo-French ''several'' and [[en|several]] in the early 15th century, first “existing apart”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 1st century AD – Valerius Flaccus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''several'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|separate|alt=Separate]], distinct, different.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sēparō]]

+ * [[pār]]

+ * [[en|several]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}