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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₃neh₃-mn̥}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [noː.mɪˈnaː.tĩː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [no.miˈnaː.tim]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''nōminātim''' (comparative nōminātius, superlative nōminātissimē)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[nōminō]] “to name” with the adverbial suffix ⟨-im⟩, from [[m|la|nōmen|t=name]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨nōmen⟩ to [[itc-pro|*nōm-n-]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃neh₃-mn̥|t=name]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Its earliest source is Plautus' ''Rudens'', ''ibi ego dīcam quidquid inerit nōminātim'' “there I will say by name whatever is inside”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant by name, naming specifically, one by one, in detail, as in Plautus, the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', Cicero and Caesar; and expressly, specifically, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant by name, expressly, namely.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for by name, as in Aldhelm.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # By name.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|expressly|alt=Expressly]], specifically.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[nōminō]]
+ * [[nōmen]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}