numerose Latin · revision 9666

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *nem-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''numerōsē''' (comparative numerōsius, superlative numerōsissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|numerōsus|-ē|t1=numerous; rhythmical]], an adverb, from [[m|la|numerus|t=number]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨numerus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*nomeso-]], from [[ine-pro|*nem-os|t=apportioning]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero, of rhythmical prose.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant rhythmically, in cadence, as in Cicero, and in large numbers, plentifully, as in Columella, Pliny and Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for in large numbers, as in Henry of Huntingdon.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of numbers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In large numbers, plentifully.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|rhythmically|alt=Rhythmically]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[numerābilis]]

+ * [[numerālis]]

+ * [[numerārius]]

+ * [[numerātiō]]

+ * [[numerātor]]

+ * [[numerātus]]

+ * [[numerius]]

+ * [[numerō]]

+ * [[numerōsitās]]

+ * [[numerōsiter]]

+ * [[numerōsus]]

+ * [[numerus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}