admigro

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈad.mɪ.ɡroː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈad.mi.ɡro]^[1]

Forms

admigrō (present infinitive admigrāre, perfect active admigrāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin ad- (“to”) + migrō (“to move, migrate”).^[2][1] De Vaan derives ⟨migrō⟩ from Proto-Italic *migro-, probably a ro-adjective “changing” from the stem Proto-Indo-European *h₂migʷ- seen in Ancient Greek ἀμείβω (ameíbō, “to change”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It occurs in Plautus' Persa, ad paupertātem sī admigrant īnfāmiae “if disgrace comes to join poverty”.^[4][5] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant to go and live with, and figuratively to come to, be added to.^[2][4]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^[4][6]

Meanings

Verb

1. To go and live with; to come to, be added to.^[2][4]

Related words

• migrō
• commigrō

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de