amplus
Latin
Etymology
Disputed.
- Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emlos, from *h₂em- (“to grasp”), and etymologically "graspable". See also ampla (“handle, grip”).
- Otherwise for ambiplus (“full on both sides”), composed of ambi- (“both”) and an element akin to plēnus (“full”) (and more distantly to plūs (“more”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈam.plus/, [ˈämpɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈam.plus/, [ˈämplus]
Adjective
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: ampio
- North Italian:
- Romansch: ampel
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: ampru
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “amplus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 488
Further reading
- “amplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amplus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a man who has held many offices: amplis honoribus usus (Sall. Iug. 25. 4)
- a man who has held many offices: amplis honoribus usus (Sall. Iug. 25. 4)
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