inclutus Latin · revision 9552

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *ḱlew-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inclutus''' (feminine incluta, neuter inclutum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''inclitus'' and ''inclytus'', and Lewis & Short reject ''inclytus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] and ⟨clutus⟩ “famous”, the participle of [[clueō]] “to be spoken of”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨clueō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*klu-ē-|t=to be known]], from [[ine-pro|*ḱlu-tó-|t=heard, famous]]; cognate with [[grc|κλυτός|tr=klutós|t=famous]] and [[sa|श्रुत|tr=śrutá-|t=heard, famous]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Naevius, whom he dates c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant famous, renowned, celebrated, as in Plautus, Lucretius, Virgil and Livy, and Cicero remarks on the accent of its first syllable.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin spelled it ''inclitus''.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Famous, [[m|en|renowned]], celebrated.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[clueō]]

+ * [[celeber]]

+ * [[glōria]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}