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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Quintilian|origins=ine-pro *h₂erǵ-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ar.ɡuː.mɛnˈtoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ar.ɡu.menˈtɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''argūmentōsus''' (feminine argūmentōsa, neuter argūmentōsum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|argūmentum|-ōsus|t1=argument, subject matter]], from [[m|la|arguō|t=to make clear, prove]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) ⟨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 Quintilian.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Quintilian c. 35–95/96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant abounding in subject matter, rich in matter, carefully worked, as of a work in Quintilian, and rich in proof, argumentative, as in Sidonius and Acron.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant rich in material or proof, busy.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for skilled in argument and for contriving.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for assiduous, busy, as an epithet of the bee, for persuasive, convincing, and for ingeniously contrived.^(DMLBS) English ''argumentose'' and Spanish ''argumentoso'' are from it.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Rich in subject matter.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Rich in proof; [[m|en|argumentative]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Busy, assiduous; ingeniously contrived.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[argūmentābilis]]
+ * [[argūmentālis]]
+ * [[argūmentāliter]]
+ * [[argūmentātiō]]
+ * [[argūmentātor]]
+ * [[argūmentātrīx]]
+ * [[argūmentor]]
+ * [[argūmentum]]
+ * [[arguō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}