alacriter Latin · revision 9908

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=Frontinus|origins=la alacer}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈɫa.krɪ.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈlaː.kri.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''alacriter''' (comparative magis alacriter or alacrius, superlative maximē alacriter or summē alacriter or alacerrimē or alacrissimē, adjective alacer or alacris)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|alacer|-ter|t1=brisk, eager]], an adverb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan considers deriving ⟨alacer⟩ from the root [[ine-pro|*h₂elh₂-|t=to wander]] of [[ambulō]], though the semantics do not compel it and the suffix would be rare.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Frontinus, Apuleius and Justin, who has ''alacrius'', and Köbler's earliest source is Ammianus.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Apuleius c. 125–175 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant eagerly, briskly, with ardour.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for briskly, eagerly, as in Bede.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|eagerly|alt=Eagerly]], briskly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alacer]]

+ * [[alacritās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}