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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Gellius|origins=la liqueō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈlɪ.kʷɪ.deː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈliː.kʷi.de]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''liquidē''' (comparative liquidius, superlative liquidissimē)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|liquidus|-ē|t1=liquid, clear]], an adverb.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) ⟨liquidus⟩ is from [[m|la|liqueō|t=to be liquid]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*(w)likʷ-ē-|t=to be liquid]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's citations are from Gellius, of a cloudless sky and of clear understanding.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler lists Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Gellius c. 165 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant cloudlessly, limpidly, and with clearness of understanding, clearly, the same as ''liquidō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it figuratively for fluidly.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # Cloudlessly, [[m|en|limpidly]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Clearly, with clear understanding.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[liquidus]]
+ * [[liquidō]]
+ * [[liqueō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}