argutulus Latin · revision 9885

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₂erǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [arˈɡuː.tʊ.ɫʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [arˈɡuː.tu.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''argūtulus''' (feminine argūtula, neuter argūtulum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|argūtus|-ulus|t1=clear, clever, talkative]], a diminutive, from [[m|la|arguō|t=to make clear]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ⟨arguō⟩ goes back, according to de Vaan, to [[itc-pro|*argu-|t=bright]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂erǵ-u-|t=white]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero's letters to Atticus.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant clever, shrewd, somewhat subtle, as of books in Cicero, and a little noisy, talkative, or rather piquant, of a maid in Apuleius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Clever, [[m|en|shrewd]], somewhat subtle.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # A little talkative; piquant.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[subargūtulus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[argūtus]]

+ * [[arguō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}