popularitas Latin · revision 9398

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɔ.pʊˈɫaː.rɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [po.puˈlaː.ri.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''populāritās''' ''f'' (genitive populāritātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[populāris]] “of the people; fellow-countryman” with the suffix [[-tās]], from [[populus]] “people”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of fellow-citizenship.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Plautus it meant belonging to the same community, fellow-citizenship.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Tacitus it was the courting of popular favour, especially in politics.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for laying waste.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin glossed it as fellowship.^(DMLBS) [[en|popularity]] (about 1600) came from French ''popularité'', and Etymonline notes that the Classical word meant “fellow-citizenship”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of fellow-citizenship.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of courting popular favour.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1600 – English ''popularity'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|fellow-citizenship|alt=Fellow-citizenship]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # The courting of popular favour; [[m|en|popularity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Laying waste.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[populāris]]

+ * [[populus]]

+ * [[en|popularity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}