instructe Latin · revision 9766

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnstrūctē''' (comparative īnstrūctius, superlative īnstrūctissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|īnstrūctus|-ē|t1=equipped, arranged]], an adverb, from [[m|la|īnstruō|t=to equip, arrange]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨struō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*strow-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*strew-e/o-|t=to strew]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Livy.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant with much equipment, elaborately, as in Livy, with a comparative ''īnstrūctius''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for well equipped, in good order, and skilfully, learnedly.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With much equipment, [[m|en|elaborately]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Skilfully, learnedly.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnstruō]]

+ * [[īnstrūctus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}