nitiditas Latin · revision 9749

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Accius|origins=la niteō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [nɪˈtɪ.dɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [niˈtiː.di.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nitiditās''' ''f'' (genitive nitiditātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nitidus|-tās|t1=shining, sleek]], from [[m|la|niteō|t=to shine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is known only from a line of Accius quoted by Nonius, ''nitiditās fōrmae'' “beauty of form”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Accius 170–c. 90 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OLD renders it elegance, neatness, and Lewis & Short and Gaffiot splendour, beauty.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|elegance|alt=Elegance]], splendour, beauty.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nitidus]]

+ * [[niteō]]

+ * [[nitor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}