slow (adj.)
→
late
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | βραδύς | |
| meaning 1 | slow (adj.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | late, tardy | |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | sen | |
| meaning 1 | slow, sluggish | sene og vanskelige processer slow and difficult processes |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | late | komme sent hjem to come home late |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | The sense 'slow' is mostly expressed by the construction sen til + Inf. / sen i + noun 'not quick to do sth.' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | tardo | |
| meaning 1 | slow (adj.) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | late | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | tardus | |
| meaning 1 | slow (adj.) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | late, tardy | |
| reference | Lewis, Short | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old English | |
| lexeme | late | |
| meaning 1 | slow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | late | |
| reference | OED Bosworth, Toller | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme | tardio | |
| meaning 1 | slow (adj.) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | late (near the end of a period of time) | |
| reference | DPLP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | tardo | |
| meaning 1 | slow (adj.) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | late | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||